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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PART III
(1887-1898)
Thomas E. Jeffrey
Microfilm Editor
Gregory Field
Theresa M. Collins
David W. Hutchings
Lisa Gitelman
Leonard DeGraaf
Dennis D. Madden
Mary Ann Hellrlgel
Paul B. Israel
Robert A. Rosenberg
Karen A. Detig
Gregory Jankunis
Douglas G. Tarr
Reese V. Jenkins
Director and Editor
Sponsors
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site
New Jersey Historical Commission
Smithsonian Institution
University Publications of America
Bethesda, Maryland
1993
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3raw.Edison Company.
THOMAS A. EDISON PAPERS
Reese V. Jenkins
Director and Editor
Thomas E. Jeffrey
Associate Director and Microfilm Editor
Robert A Rosenberg
Managing Editor, Book Edition
Helen Endlck
Assistant Director for Administration
Associate Editor
Paul B. Israel
Research Associates
Theresa M. Collins
David W. Hutchings
Karen A. Detig
Assistant Editors
Keith A. Nler
Gregory Field
Usa Gitelman
Martha J. King
Secretary
Grace Kurkowskl
Gregory Jankunls
Student Assistant
Bethany Jankunls
BOARD OF SPONSORS
Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey
Francis L. Lawrence
Joseph J. Seneca
Richard F. Foley
Rudolph M. Bell
New Jersey Historical Commission
Howard L. Green
National Park Service
John Maounis
Maryanne Gerbauckas
Nancy Waters
George Tselos
Smithsonian Institution
Bernard Finn
Arthur P. Molella
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
James Brittain, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Harvard University
Neil Harris, University of Chicago
Thomas Parke Hughes, University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Link, Princeton University
Nathan Reingold, Smithsonian Institution
Robert E. Schofield, Iowa State University
CORPORATE ASSOCIATES
William C. Hittinger (Chairman), RCA Corporation
Edward J. Bloustein, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey •
Cees Bruynes, North American Philips Corporation
Paul J. Christiansen, Charles Edison Fund
Philip F. Dietz, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Roland W. Schmitt, General Electric Corporation
Harold W. Sonn, Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Morris Tanenbaum, AT&T
•Deceased.
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS
PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
The Alfred P, Sloan Foundation
Charles Edison Fund
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
National Science Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Historical Publications and
Records Commission
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Alabama Power Company
Amerada Hess Corporation
Anonymous
AT&T
Atlantic Electric
Association of Edison Illuminating
Companies, Inc.
Battelle Memorial Institute
The Boston Edison Foundation
Cabot Corporation Foundation, Inc.
Carolina Power & Light Company
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc.
Consumers Power Company
Coming Glass Works Foundation
Duke Power Company
Entergy Corporation (Middle South
Electric Systems)
Exxon Corporation
Florida Power & Light Company
General Electric Foundation
Gould Inc. Foundation
Gulf States Utilities Company
Idaho Power Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
Iowa Power and Light Company
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Katz
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
McGraw-Edison Company
Minnesota Power
New Jersey Bell
New York State Electric & Gas
Corporation
North American Philips Corporation
Philadelphia Electric Company
Philips International B.V.
Public Service Electric and Gas
Company
RCA Corporation
Robert Bosch GmbH
Rochester Gas and Electric
Corporation
San Diego Gas & Electric
Savannah Electric and Power Company
Schering-Plough Foundation
Texas Utilities Company
Thomas & Betts Corporation
Thomson Grand Public
Transamerica Delaval Inc.
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
A Note on the Sources
The pages which have been
filmed are the best copies
available. Every technical
effort possible has been
made to ensure legibility.
PUBLICATION AND MICROFILM
COPYING RESTRICTIONS
ReGl duplication of the whole or of
any part of this film is prohibited.
In lieu of transcripts, however,
enlarged photocopies of selected
items contained on these reels
may be made in order to facilitate
research.
1898 DOCUMENT FILE
1898. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-98-01)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the A. B. Dick Co. There are only 2 items for
1898, including a letter regarding Edison's sale of his stock in the company.
1898. Edison, TA. - General (D-98-02)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a variety of subjects. Some of the material
relates to personal matters. Documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the
main subject categories arc also filed in this folder. Among the items for 1898 are letters regarding Edward
H. Johnson's relationship with Edison; a proposed letter to President William McKinley on behalf of the
inventor, Obcrlin Smith; and the accidental death of the British electrical engineer, John Hopkinson. Also
included are letters pertaining to the gift of a phonograph to long-time Edison associate, Spencer Trask, items
about William J . Hammer's search through Edison’s records for documentation of electric railway experiments,
and a brief note from Andrew Carnegie to Edison.
1898. Edison, TA. - Articles (D-98-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents requesting Edison to write articles; correspondence
relating to articles about Edison and his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison.
Included is a questionnaire about high explosives by inventor Hudson Maxim.
1898. Edison, TA. - Clubs and Societies (D-98-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership and activities in
social clubs and professional societies. Included is a letter containing Edison's comments regarding the failure
of the Royal Society and the Academic des Sciences to formally recognize his accomplishments.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-98-05) [not Filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence from or about employees and former or prospective employees.
Most of the items are requests for employment at the West Orange laboratory or various Edison companies.
Also included are two letters to Francis R. Upton by Thomas Commerford Martin, co-editor of the Electrical
Engineer, regarding candidates for the superintendent position at an incandescent lamp firm.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - General (D-98-06)
This folder contains correspondence by and about Edison’s family. Included are items regarding the estate of
Edison s late father, Samuel, and the financial situation of Samuel’s friend, James Symington. Other documents
relate to the death of Mina Edison’s brother, Theodore Miller, from wounds received in the Spanish-Amcrican
War and to the wartime army service of Edison’s son, William Leslie Edison.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - Edison, T.A., Jr. (D-98-07)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison’s oldest son, Thomas A.
Edison, Jr. Included are several letters written by Edison, Jr. to his friend, Edward J. Redington. Other items
pertain to Edison, Jr.’s business activities. There is also a note by Edison to Thomas Commerford Martin, co¬
editor of the Electrical Engineer, regarding his son’s personal and intellectual shortcomings.
1898. Edison, TA. - Financial (D-98-08) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's personal investments
and other financial interests. Included are items pertaining to personal loans, bonds held by Edison, and his
account with J. P. Morgan & Co.
1898. Edison, TA. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Advice (D-98-09)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison’s inventions, asking him for
advice on technical matters, or requestinghis assistance in improving or promoting an invention. Also included
are unsolicited letters from other inventors about their work.
1898. Edison, TA. • Unsolicited Correspondence - Business (D-98-10) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence requesting agencies for Edison's inventions, inquiring about their
purchase or cost, asking for other information about his inventions, or seeking to do business with Edison.
Included are several inquiries from Mexico regarding phonographs and kinctographs and other foreign-
language documents.
1898. Edison, TA. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Personal (D-98-11) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine personal requests, fan mail, and other items for which no record of a significant
response by Edison has been found. Included are letters asking Edison for educational advice, personal
information, loans, charitable contributions, exhibits of his inventions, and other personal favors.
1898. Edison, TA. - Visitors (D-98-12)
This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or to tour his West Orange laboratory.
Included are documents regarding arrangements for visits by Josef Hofmann, the renowned concert pianist;
and by former Governor J. Turner Morehead, accompanied by former laboratory employee Robert T. Lozier.
Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratory or company shops on business can be found in
their appropriate subject folders.
1898. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-98-13)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison
Manufacturing Co. Included are documents regarding the company’s taxes for 1898 and items concerning a
new fan-motor outfit for telephone booths. Related material can be found in D-98-22 (Motion Pictures).
1898. Electric Light - General (D-98-14)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and power. Included are
documents regarding the use of silk filaments for incandescent lamps and items about low-voltage lamp
experiments. There is also correspondence concerning the annual convention of the National Electric Light
Association. 6
1898. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (D-98-15)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Electric
Illuminating Co. of New York. Included is a report by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, discussing
company operations. There is also a comparative statement outlining the price, capacity, and number of the
various meters within the company's system.
1898. Electric Light - General Electric Company (D-98-16)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s involvement with the General
Electric Co. Included are a letter regarding a request from the Smithsonian Institution for a collection of
incandescent lamps; an item concerning the presentation to Edison of a "Z" dynamo originally used on the
S.S. Columbia ; and a report pertaining to a proposed reduction of the company’s capital stock. There are also
three letters from the company’s Patent Department, addressed to attorney Richard N. Dyer, in regard to
Edison’s alternating-current application, case no, 220,800.
1898. Exhibitions (D-98-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and industrial exhibitions in
the United States. Included are letters regarding the exhibition of Edison electrical apparatus at the Trans-
Mississippi and International Exposition and an exhibit of the Edison ore concentrating process at the
Philadelphia Electrical Exposition.
1898. Expanding Pulley (0-98-18)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents regarding the technical and commercial
development of an expanding pulley for variable-speed gears in motor cars. Most of the letters are by Charles
M. Johnson, co-inventor of the pulley, and pertain to the patenting and marketing of the invention.
1898. Glenmont (D-98-19)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison’s home in Llewellyn Park. There are only 2 items for
1898. Both are letters from S. D. Willard & Co. regarding landscaping at Glenmont.
1898. Mining - General (D-98-20)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling. Included are
documents regarding the business of the Edison Iron Ore Concentrating Co., Edison’s interest in the Ortiz
gold mine in New Mexico, operations at the Ogden mine, and foreign ore milling matters. There is also one
letter concerning a proposed visit by Edison to various Portland cement plants in Pennsylvania. Many of the
documents have extensive Edison marginalia.
1898. Mining - Mines and Ores (D-98-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mines and ores to be bought, sold,
worked, or tested. Many of the letters were written in response to reports of Edison’s interest in developing
a separation process for gold ore.
1898. Motion Pictures (D-98-22)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the technical and commercial development of motion pictures.
Most of the letters are addressed to the Edison Manufacturing Co. There are also copies of outgoing letters
by William E. Gilmore, general manager of the company. Included are documents relating to arrangements
with William C. Paley for filming the events of the Spanish-American War. There are also items pertaining
to efforts by the company to procure film stock from Lumiere & Sons and Eastman Kodak; and letters from
the American Parlor Kinetoscope Co. concerning problems with the motion pictures purchased from the
Edison Manufacturing Co. Related material can be found in D-98-24 (Phonograph - General).
1898. Patents (D-98-23)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents to and from Edison’s patent attorneys and agents
relating to domestic and foreign patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Included are
letters regarding patents for Edison’s ore milling system, the phonograph, and the kinetograph. Many of the
items pertain to patent applications on Edison’s ore milling system in various foreign countries, such as Great
Britain, Germany, Russia, and Spain. Among these are several letters exchanged between attorney Frank L.
Dyer and his brother, Lt. George L. Dyer, who was stationed at the U.S. Legation in Madrid at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American War. One of the letters contains comments by George L. Dyer about political
conditions in the United States and Spain on the eve of the war. Related material can be found in D-98-16
(Electric Light - General Electric Company).
1898. Phonograph - General (D-98-24)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and technical
development of the phonograph. The documents pertain primarily to business relations among the various
Edison phonograph companies, foreign sales by the United Slates Phonograph Co., and litigation involving
the legal firm of Hayes and Lambert. Included are comparative sales statements for the Edison Phonograph
Works and the National Phonograph Co. for the years 1896-1897 and a 10-page memorandum in Edison’s
hand regarding relations between the Edison Phonograph Works and the Edison United Phonograph Co.
1898. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-98-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Phonograph
Works. Included are a lengthy report regarding the history and financial condition of the company and
specifications for the construction of a new factoiy adjacent to the West Orange laboratoiy.
1898. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company (D-98-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison United
Phonograph Co. Included are items regarding the company’s financial problems; business relations with the
Edison Phonograph Works and with inventor-manufacturers Gianni Bettini and George V. Gress; the
formation of the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd.; and contractual disputes with French and
German phonograph syndicates. There are also company financial statements. Most of the letters are by G.
N. Morison, secretaiy of the company, and are addressed to Stephen F. Moriarty, vice-president. There is also
correspondence by Moriarty and by John E. Searles, president of the E.U.P.C.
1898. Phonograph - National Phonograph Company (D-98-27)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the business of the National Phonograph Co. Much of the
materialpertains to the Maryland Phonograph Co., sales agent for the National Phonograph Co. Included are
letters concerning difficultiesin estnblishingcompany operations, relationswith local distributors, and a dispute
with agents representing the American Graphophone Co. Most of the letters are from Charles R. Miller co¬
owner of the Maiyland Phonograph Co., to his brother-in-law, Walter S. Malloiy, president of the National
1898. West Orange Laboratory (D-98-28)
Tin's folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the operations of the West
Orange laboratory. Included are two items in Edison’s hand concerning orders and prices of chemicals. There
is also material regarding the inspection of the boilers and the movement of the storage building and hose
house. °
1898. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-98-01)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the A. B.
Dick Co. There are only 2 items for 1898, including a letter regarding
Edison’s sale of his stock in the company.
Both documents have been filmed.
1898. Edison, T.A. - General (D-98-02)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a
variety of subjects. Some of the material relates to personal matters.
Documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the
main subject categories are also filed in this folder. Among the items for 1898
are letters regarding Edward H. Johnson’s relationship with Edison; a
proposed letter to President William McKinley on behalf of the inventor,
Oberlin Smith; and the accidental death of the British electrical engineer, John
Hopkinson. Also included are letters pertaining to the gift of a phonograph
to long-time Edison associate, Spencer Trask, items about William J.
Hammer’s search through Edison’s records for documentation of electric
railway experiments, and a brief note from Andrew Carnegie to Edison.
All the documents have been filmed except for those that duplicate the
information in selected material.
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My dear Mr. Edison:-
I have your dispatch. I enclose copy of an
installment from Mr. Serviss's story in this Evening's Journal.
The announcement made at the top of the installment reads as follows:
"Edison '.s. Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss. (Copyrighted
1898, by Garrett P. Serviss.)"
Thomas; A. Edison, Esq;
Mr. Serviss called upon you at my request. My original hope
was that you might consent to collaborate in this story. Mr. Serviss
sa.id, however, that you were unwilling to do so, but that you were
willing to figure in the story as the .hero, if Mr. Serviss, the
author, saw fit to use you in that way. You have not been used
* otherwise, as you will see if you will read the' story as it progress¬
es. The title of the story distinctly gives you as the hero of it
and Mr. Serviss as the author. X shall be greatly obliged if you
will tell me in what way our announcement says that you are. a col-
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The story is called Edison's Conquest of Mars, as it might have
been called. Tesla' s Conquest of Mars, or Emperor William's, or
John L. Sullivan's. There is nothing in this title to connect you
with the authorship. ’ -
You havo onco or twice been good enough to oblige me with excel¬
lent interviews, when I have /sent reporters to you or called upon you ‘
personally, and I should be extremely sorry to publish anything
concerning you that could; be ; considered derogatory or -unfair
As to the use of-the distinguished name of an cc^ia't living c irfoot't’
NEW YORK JOURNAL
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in fiction, I may .refer you for precedent to Mr. John Brisben Walk- .
er's story, "Our War with Spain," now running in The Cosmopolitan.
In this story, the American minister to Spain is hanged and Mr. Wan-
amaker is made the hero as you are in Mr. Serviss's story.
I should be glad to hear from you that you had acted in regard ...
to The Sun card without looking carefully into the matter.
The Evening Journal presents you to its readers as the hero in
an extremely clever fiction story— which seems to me to be perfectly
legitimate and to which, Mr. Serviss te^ls me, you assented. It pr ab¬
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rolatlvo to Car Body-.
Lottor of Goo. V: Croon, Jan. 0, 1883, to Thors, a. Edition,
rolatlvo to hio work on olootrio railroads.- Mote — There in contsirtor-
ahlo oorronpondenoe with Mr-. Greer, which you night oaro to have.
Letter of F. F. Lowio of the Clovoland-Palnocvillo-Ashtabult*.
R. R. Co., April 3th, 1883, donir In.-; infernal iosi and cootrs of Edison's
railroad tsyoton.
Lottor of Major Paten, Mar. Od, 1833, to c. G. Curtirs, invit¬
ing hln to join railroad non in an inspection of tho olootrio road at
l.tonlo Park.
Letter of John Ott , Menlo Park, Fob. 13, 1883 to Thors. A.
Edison, S5 5th Avo.
Letter of Philip s. Justioo & Co. , «„v. mm* ibbi, rolativo
to tho equipping of the Minnesota Roacl.
* ,h * ,I,QtiG: of v/- L- HoCrory, President of the Minneapolis . I.yndal
Rai]way* referrinS to application of Edison's system to
^ l datod AUS- 31st’ 1882; lotter °f W. L. Mocrory, Odt.
railS. ° r ,S lnl'omatlon of results of tests on Edison's electric
. SfJ,ter,fLAlxftln CorMn’ resident of the Lons Island r. R.
•Co., AUo. .,5th, 1883, to 33. P. Pabbri, offering to give part of road
for equipment with Edison's system.
ancl Jh°^Qo, + Ed^0n, J!ay 84 ’ 1882 ’ t0 Mward Biedormen,
f/ un® 8d’ 1882 t0 Edward Suportae, showing Edison is ready
^ or the equipment of an electric railroad in Switzerland 7
as soon as these parties have their syndicate ready
Transit VVymn’ PrRRidont of tho Staten Island Rapid
Co*’ lcl'Jtivc to tne use of Edison's system on Staton Inland
nith tho Mint.., ..lUMns m, SS?
Snntn. . L°ttor of Erastuo Wyman, referring to visit with prominent
friends to Ssu’t? ?er1?ent °C tl10 Iron steamboat Co. , and other
friends to visit the electric railroad, Bee. ,14, 1383.
voiona „,„„iI,,0t.tGr °f ■^aRtur! v/yinail< expressing satisfaction at tho mar-
elous v.orl. snown by Edison's oleotric railway, dated Dec. 30, 1883
Vi Hard original draft of agreement between Howy
h 1(; ”an“ r10®* A. Edison, relative to the building of two and one
half miles of electric railway with freight and passenger locomotives,
Eleetnio rTlTL0f Se?,t‘ ?8*h* 1881 ’ fron! thG Directors of tho Edison
Eloctrlo Light Co. , authorising Edison to negotiate with Villard.
Letter of June 34, 1833, from '•’Ira. H. Kelly, roiativo to the
equipment or the BrooMyn Brjte, ,1th eMetl, nS&f.X.
TTonsr. n n °„ f " * ’’ Wmn »' Superintendent of Elizabeth & HowrK
Morse R. E. Co., desiring to inspeot Edisonlo railroad.
- . . rron Thayer, Commies loner of Pair mount pnwv
°°eot !S’oSfr th° propo,5,3d vl8lt to Menlo Parle to 'ini
»rin in G3""t-H railroad; package of papers marked "A", "3", »c« a
1883? cil0le' ^ving estimates of oost of electric railroad in 1881 &
. Lett or of S. M. Johnson, Nov . 33d. irri mi.hto *-
sms^snsn s iwHw
rasrMd tSrs sr££rs.n2£
13, and ApJet3WMR’r";in^fG+ °£ *ho Phna^lDhia Press of Mar. 3 a
Hark, and Villard 'fentowlse. ” * oleotrlc ranr°ad at Menlo
electric railway fo/S »Ra?Jway ’a^-^"5 Rrtl°1° Qn Edit3on's
resistances in series with the armature ’and f io^o irouiL: 0®,lat ^
f
As I have already stated to you , I havo boon through on onor-
rnous amount of papers to secure those which I send you. Host of the
boxes of papers which I have bean "chrbttgh, contain a heterogeneous Mix¬
ture of letters, ost inatcc, contracts, telegrams, lamp reports, pay
rolls, she to hoc, and othor lainoollanoouo matter. It has taken no*
nearly a wool: to find these paper o and go ovor thorn', and I have boon
through nearly all of the boxes, which contain the archives of this
period,. I think that it is highly desirable that I should finish tho
rest while I an at it, and this will not take a great while longer.
In addition to thoso papers, I expect to run hurriedly through
tho copy books containing ?v, Edison's letters; and also -through a col¬
lection of. drawings, sketches and blue prints, among v/hioh Mr. Edison
thinks I will find some drawings which will prove of value, and whioh
he has given me a memorandum of.
. In going ovor the papers whioh I have already inspected, I
have found Quito a number of documents, whioh it seems to mo might prove
•of value in come or the Company's oases, and should bH among your ar¬
chives. To oite instanoes— Copy of Pacindtti's original article on
the Pacinotti Machine, translated by the Assistant Librarian of the
British Museum; correspondence betwoon Edison and Longworth Powors,
relative to securing duplicate of Faoinotti'o Machine,, which it ray in¬
terest you to know was built by Paoinotti himself; correspondence of
Batchelor and Liosqs, relative to the Paris exhibition, referring to
Swan's method of lighting, system of distribution, and many othor
things; correspondence of Edward K. Johnson tp Thos . A. Edison relative
to matters in England, use of safety catches, fixture inoullat ion, reg¬
ulation of dynamos, and many other matters; paper by. F. J. Sprague on
electrical distribution, prepared for "La I.uralere Eleotrique "in 1681;
report of John Hopkin3on on Edison's machines, and on his own invention
for reversing tho current by device shifting brushes.
Those will serve to indicate what I moan., and ifit agrees
with your ideas, I will get thoso papers and others together, and if
there is no objection on Mr. Edison's part, willsend thorn over for your
inspection. I think that it would be well for you to give mo a memor¬
andum of any oases now on your docket, on whioh you desire information,
as I can probably put my hand on papers of value, while I have fresh in
mind the location of many of the documents I have already been thfough.
After conversation with Messrs. Edison, Batchelor, Unton, Ott
Randolph and others, I an sanguine of finding very Bhortly, other pa¬
pers bearing upon the points which you have requested mo to look up. i
o anno l say exactly how long it will take me to finish up the rest of
tho archives, but I will hurry up tho matter with all possible speed,
and l will of course, be guided by your {Judgement in my further search¬
es and in the selection of such napors as I have reforrod to, and oth¬
ers which you may have in mind.
Yours very truly,
Electrical Exhibition Company
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Dear 3 ir :-
Supplement ins ray report of March 33c!, 1808, X Bond you none
further pap or o wkioli hear particularly upon the commercial rstatun of
Mr. Edison! o work in oonnootion with thooleotrio railroart^’bporation at
■Menlo Park, K.J.; and the negotiation;], agreoraontn , correspondence ,
estimates^ calculations, personal vipits, &oi., relative to tho equip¬
ment of electric railroads under the Edition System between Rahway end
Perth Amboy, II. J., Fairmonnt Park, Philadelphia, Pa., Manhattan Elevat¬
ed R.Rof Hew York, Brooklyn h Atlantic Boacth R.R. , Long Inland R.R. ,
How York, Staten Island, R. R. , Hew York, storage battery for Crystal
Palace, London, Eng, building of large locomotive for England, and con¬
trol of system in Great Britain; roads for Cuba, ^enesuela, U. S. of
Colombia, Switzerland and other placegy. notably Minnesota and Califor¬
nia. Some of those places roforrod- to in ray previous report.
I send you herewith statement of coot of motive. power and
lighting of Manhattan Elevated Railway for t ho month of April 1890.
Letter of June 8th, 1880, from Secyy Goddard, referring to the visit iof
Col. Hain, Mgr. and Mr. llavarro, orie of the .principal Directors of tho
Manhattan •Elovatod 'R.R. to Menlo park to inspect the Edison syotom..
Extract of Major 8. 3. Eaton's letter to Thos. A. Edison,
May 16th, 1383, referring tc the visit of Mr. Shaw and Pennsylvania of-,
ficials to Monlo Park, with a view of applying Edison's Electrio R.\ K.,
to Pair mount Park. Letter also refers. to Major McLaughlin's impatience
about tho road for California. (Major McLaughlin was associated with
Mr. Edison in his mining interests in California).
Page 337, letter book "A", Edison Laboratory, lot tor to E. H.
Johnson of London, from Samuel Instill, K.Y. , dated February 4, 1833,
requesting information relative to elevator 7,hioh Mr'; Edison desired to
apply to Manhattan Elevated R.R. in New York, in connect! or, with tho
oquipraont of that road with his system.
Letter page. 00, letter book "C", from Tho a. A. Edison, Monlo
Park to Theo. Turrettini, Geneva, Switzerland, of Sept. 1st, 1883, re¬
ferring to arrangements concluded to build two fivg-nile Edison Electric
Railroads in Gonova; also extract from letter of Thos. A. Edison to
Theo. Turrettini of of Aug. 37th, 1982, referring to sending working
drawings of locomotive & o., and giving detailed explanation of insulat¬
ing track, bonding same, testing, fto.
Pago 538, letter book "A", extract of letter of Thos. A. Edi¬
son to c. f. Havemeyer, II. Y. , referring to sending skilled workmen to
Geneva to equip Edison Elcotrio Railway systora.
Vi. j. J. (13)
Letter book «o», page ISA , lot tor of Then A. Edison, to pro::-
ol-Morgan & Co. of Copt. i;j, 1388 , roforvlnc to expend ituros on account
of Snell oil looonotive.
Letter of Aug. 7th , 1880, of a. P. Lowrey to Tho a. A. Edison,
referring to going 1 '>r> Railroad natters, anti seeing Manors. Vlllard,
Pabbri, and llavarro about sane, ami dusiro of Hr. Pabbri interest in;.;
himself in the buninonn In England.
Prow' Edison 'o Laboratory scrap book, No. 7, article from
Railway corvloo Maganino, Decor, ber , 1881, referring to equipment of
fifty miles o'" road in Minnesota by Thos. A. Edison for President Vil-
lard.
Prom lot tor book "C", Orange Laboratory, page loo, lot tor of
Thos, A. Edison to Sraotuo Nyrian , referring to arrangomnl a for supply¬
ing -olootric looowotlvo on fuutaor. Inland K. it*
Letter of Geo. ?!. JTopkinn to Then. A. Net In on, Aug. 17th, 1080
' oontaino note in "Ninon 'a handwriting, suggesting t)mt the 3d it or of
the so lent if. lo American coned to Menlo Par)-: to no, 3 tho oloo trio looo-
notivo climb tho 830 foot grado.
Lottor of E. ?. Nolls to Thos. A. Ndlnon, desiring to ownlot
in tho introduction of Edition' a system.
■ Lottor of TSobt. Podge to Thos.' A. Edison, Oot. 10th, 1880,
relative to equipment of oleotrio freight railway.
I.oftor of Chau. N. Levis to Thos. A. Ed loon, July 12th, 1880,
roforriito to tho doairo of hlnwolf and hin friend Mr. Danker to anoint
Edison f inane l olly and othe-^wlne, in the dovoloponent of hin olootric
railroad system.
Lottor from Edgar Thompson. Stool Co. to Thos, A. Ed loon, ro-
lati-o to quotation on stool rails. Appended note by Mr. Edison, re¬
ferring to ontimton then being nude for portion in South America.
Lottor of Don,), ?. Sutler to Thou. A. Edison, July 7th, 1830,
exprosolftg beliof in Edison's el 00 trio R« R. plans, and offering as¬
sistance of himoo If and friends.
Lottor of 3. ?. M or h o’ iso , to Thors. A. Edison, referring to
visit of promoters of Brooklyn ft Atlantis Boaoh 7ile voted R.R. , to Menlo
Park to examine Edison's -Eleo trio Engine.
Lottor of v/. Hiloy, Prosident Hookaway Elevated Railway
co., May noth, 1030, to Shoe. A. Edison, stating clot erminat ion intro¬
duce Edison' o syntera on their road, and expressing satisfaction with
Edison's syston.
Lotto” of Janos V), Seymour to Thos. A. Edison, referring to
strong prospects of Edison Electric Road between Marianas and La Playa,
Cuba, Aug. 30th, 1880.
Letter of J. 3. Ramiros to Then, A. Edison asking for informa¬
tion of oleotrio railroad for Vonoauola, and U. B. of Colombia, July
37th, 1330.
Lottor book "B", Edison's Laboratory, page 135, letter of
Thos. A. Edison to W. H. Patton, Juno 20th, 1030, in which Mr, Edison
refers to perfected system of tranof drring power in operation to Menlo
Park on oleotrio railway, and giving information in this and subsequent
letters, rolativo to supplying 700 horse power to 13,000 horse power
from Lako Tabor and Carson River to Virginia City, Nevada.
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Corraspondonoo rofora to elootrio pumping and hoisting machinery aw
Diamond Drill operated hy olootrloity. " ’
Paohago of minoollaneoun let tors, of whioh there!, a verv larro
\° chOT th0 1]VKi(!nao amount of detail gone into at Hon-
lo Para, in equipping .ho throe miles of road in operation there, and
of "InS "t ^ Unf ln th0 S^aratlon 0f estimates, am muhin*
In f ir tm Tf f? ° f?ada t0 b0 Metalled m their places.
In t..io eou.~i.ion I o-ill at ton .ion to Lot tor "oooh ,iA", Edison's Laho^*-
PaS<;S 374 t0 880’ *asoe 310 to 3.35, and pago^ aS to
w^ioh give oxponoos ot olootrlo railroad up to ITov. 10, 1031 «B i'-Q 133
Sw.los.X.*0 Juno 8’ 188J3’ 119 °8’?40-71' «* to Poh. 1st,’ issa.’S
+ -i T!\i!3 1(3 1 a'00 '' on roaa material and exponses man lot-
^rasr-sKa^r ** *•*>
My Dear Mr. Jonhs:-' ""
x 1 saw -you on v/adnosday evening you ashed mo to
PaJlfSoomotSvo? 2“ **“ "«**"*" •*»» »*«•
Yours very truly,
/ V, « . jrr CfAb. *U.* e-*r**~i i
mr. Thomas!
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DEAR S I R I -- ASK I NG YOUR PARDON IN ADVANCE FOR THIS INTRU--
SION, I WRITE TO DECIDE AN IMPORTANT PO|NTI
SOME TWO YEARS AGO, WHILE I WAS EXAMINING SOME EXPERIMENTS
BY PROF. R. s. HYER, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN SOUTHWESTERN
UN I VERS I TY,G EORG ETOWN, TEXAS, W| TH THE X-RAY, HE SHOWED US AN
APPARATUS FOR SEEING THE RAY. IT WAS STATED THEN THAT W H|LE
YOU AND OTHERS WERE EXPERIMENTING ON SUCH AN APPARATUS, A ND
HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF I T, PROF. HYER HAD STUM¬
BLED ON IT, AND H|S MACHINE, OR I NST'RljMENT, RATHER, WAS THE FIRST
ONE TO SUCCEED. I BELIEVE IT WAS STATED THAT TH I Sfi FACT WAS
COMMUNICATED TO YfflU. PROF. HYER HAS MADE S«ME REMARKABLE DIS¬
COVERIES WITH AND OPERATIONS BY THE X-RA'
BUT HOLDS THAT HIS
E COM-
WORK PROPERLY BELONGS TO THE WORLD. AND REFUSES TO!#* L
C 7-e.^eM*W Aco <Lu&nv»t-y )
MERCE 0F IT. I MADE THIS STATEMENT* I N PUBLIC NOT LONG AGO,
«N THE AUTHORITY | HAVE STATED ABOVE, AND IT WAS CALLED IN
QUESTION. 9 L^U ^ ** %
W| LyyKINDL-'Y LET ME KNOW, AT YOUR EARLIEST CON VEN I ENCE, T HE
DATE YOU MADE A SUCCESS OF Y(jUR FLORESCSPE, OR ANY INSTRUMENT
BY WHICH YOU COULD SEE THE X-RAY? ALSO, I i
ANY COMMUNICATION FROM PROF. HYER, OR FROM ,
REGARDING HIS SUCCESS WITH THY X-RAV?
Yfflii1 iKiN?rw?5«nTAMPED AND ADDRESS ENVtOPE FOR REPLY. THANKING
YOU IN ADVANCE, I AM, REVLY TRULY,
OU HAVE EVER HAD
source vj hatever
your seen I ENT SERVT. ,
[FROM EUGENE GRIFFIN]
New York Office, 44',Broad St.
April 12-98
Dear Mr. Edison:
Mr. Coffin has aslced me to answer your memorandum in reference
to the letter dated March 21st. which you received from E. E. Brown¬
ell, in which he asks you the following questions :-
(1) "Can a singLe trolley electric railroad of„large traction
using eaflth and rail return he remedied under any and all condi¬
tions so as to absolutely prevent the electrolysis of gas, 'wat'frr and
other pipes? : “
(2) "is not the double trolley system or any road using an
insulated return for the current, a positive preventive of the
electrolysis of gas, water and other pipes?"
I presume it is undoubtedly true that the single trolley road
cannot be arranged so as t'o absolutely prevent the electrolysis of
gas, water and other pipes, and that a perfect double trolley
system will absolutely prevent such electrolysis.
The purpose of the writer undoubtedly is to get a negative
answer to the first question and a positive answer to the second,
so that the same can be used in some way to prevent the introduction
or extension of the single trolley system.
Unless you feel under obligations to answer these questions, ■
I would suggest that if the letter becomes lost and no reply is
given, it will be the best possible solution so far as the effect (
upon our business is concerned. If, however, you feel obliged tb-^V
answer these questions, I trust that you will feel free to say that
the single trolley system can be so arranged with supplementary
return wires as to practically eliminate electrolysis, and ‘that.
CENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
while the double trolley system will completely eliminate electroly¬
sis, it introduces other troubles and annoyances by the multiplica¬
tion of overhead wires which, everything considered, makes it less
desirable than the single trolley system.
^rusting that you may feel free to help us out to at least
this extent, I am,
With great respect,
Very cpr* lly your's,
g/h
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[ENCLOSURE]
THE TELEGRAPH AGE.
THE COMING TELEGRAPH TOURNAMENT.
that those living at ti distance who desire to use
their machine in the contests need not bring their -
typewriters with them to New York. Mr. VV. H
Durphy, the New York manager of the company,
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elected secretary. After some discussion1*!! was and^ta-'sfft
hf the?r derisin*6 COnd,t.,on,1 ‘° govern ‘the judged tournTment^vinTake'place"
in their decisions, as printed in the circular which 1 1
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The- following letter from Mr. T. A. j
the judges.
The executive committee, consisting of Fred 1
Catlm, A; E. Sink, T. J. Smith, P. B. Delany and ;
J. B. Taltavail, heid a meeting immediately after j
the judges adjourned. Mr. T. J. Smith was
appointed a committee to arrange for suitable
phonographic records, and Mr. P. B. Delany
provide apparatus for chemical or other recori
not phonographic.
The executive committee then adjourned, 1
Edison Battery
Fan Outfits
1898 Models.
EDISON IFG. CO.,
THOS. A. EDISON, Proprietor.
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New York, March 15th, 1
Telegraphic Tournament .
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ONDER the auspices of the New York Electrical Society, a grand Electrical Exposition
will be held at Madison Square Garden during the month of May, and it has been
decided by the Board of Control that the telegraphic fraternity shall be represented
by a fast-sending and receiving tournament, at which liberal prizes will be awarded to the
victors. Competent judges will pass upon the merits of the performances, speed and
accuracy of transmission and perfect machine recording being the basis upon which the
decisions will be rendered.
The transmissions will be of five minutes’ duration, except in the message class,
which will be of thirty minutes.
In the first 260 words of the matter to be sent, there are 14 periods, 17 commas,
3 paragraphs, 2 colons (ko), 1 hyphen (hx), 1 dash (dx), 1 interrogation, 1 quotation
(qn) and 1 end quotation (qj), which are equivalent to about 12 words.
The omission or addition of any telegraphic character shall constitute an error.
Use all punctuations, including paragraphs. Attention is called to this matter in
order that misunderstandings may be avoided.
This circular is published as a guide for operators who contemplate entering fast-
[ENCLOSURE]
sending contests, enabling them,
chances for success.
The following matter, which was
senders, except in the code class, where n
The command of Gideon and the assurance that
Jehovah had sent him was distinctively a mission.
He, among many other great names, felt he had a
mission in life, and faithfully filled it. And finding
the secret of his success, we unfold it as the secret
of all success. Herein is the secret in profane and
sacred history of every well-wrought work — of every
successful life. Fixed In men’s memory, and — -
m the Book of Life, are the names of those m
women who, using the talent God has givei . ,
have allied themselves to omnipotence and so become
strong and great.
There is no problem greater and that stares us so
continually in the face as this, viz: What is the real
purpose of life? Just as you give an answer to that
do you make life great or small. Men have thought
and worked at many an answer to this problem.
The stoic, the epicurean, the philosopher, the miser,
the man who seeks for pleasure, the deeply religious
soul, have each given his answer.
They are all aiming at this, viz: “How to be
happy. ’ And the answer at first seems very easy
and natural. Get what you want and you will
: does, to gauge their ability and decide upon their
sd in the contests in ’93, will be used by the
t matter will be used :
be happy. But experience teaches us that when we
have gotten what we wanted we discover that it is
thought it to be. And no sooner is one
‘ " another comes clamorous to the
in and sacred <
want satisfied tl
front.
We want to make life longer, broader, deeper.
We want to see m it a mission of some kind. Life
gift, but with that gift comes a charge, the
id charge of duty, and the duty is this : “ Go in
this thy might ; have not I sent thee ? “
It is the climax of human wisdom to estimate
aright our duty and our ability to do. It is the
climax of divine revelation— the promise: *
shield, and thv exceeding great reward. 1
i as a sense of his own rr
- - - time feels the Lord has se»»i. mm
do His work, and is ever with him. If you cease to
strive, and cease to learn and cease to do for others
and know not God, you may as well cease to live.
No man can do a truly great work without being
virtuous, and no man can be virtuous without God
CLASSIFICATION.
Championship — Open to all. Prizes for senders and receivers.
Ladies’ Class — Free for all. Prizes for senders.
Code Class (Phillips Code)— Open to all. Prizes for senders and receivers. Unknown
matter will be used.
Message Class — Prizes for receivers. 50 messages to be sent.
230 Words Class— Open to all. Barring those who have a record of 230 words or better.
Prizes for senders. No receiving.
240 Words Class— Open to all. Barring those who have a record of 240 words or better.
Prizes for senders. No receiving.
An entrance fee of $2 must accompany each entry, except in the ladies’ class.
Entries close April 30.
The contests will probably occupy one afternoon and two evenings, about the
middle of May.
Contestants who have entered will be duly informed when dates of trials are defin¬
itely settled.
FRED CATLIN, Mgr. Tournament
Western Union Building, 7th Floor
195 Broadway, New York City
GORHAM <Ss OO.
3 ICE HOUSE LANE
H03srca-K:03sra-.
Hong Kong May; 17th 1898.
The Edison Laboratory. ^
Orange, New Jersey.
Gentlemen.-^ ^ave for acknowledgment your favor dated Yokohama April
29th, for which we thank you. The Phonograph, Records, etc, came
safely to hand and we have duly honored your draft for cost of same.
We note that you will try and arrange. for a discount on the above on
Mr. White’s arrival at home, and we will be glad if this can be managed
for we have been obliged to sell the outfit for your published price as
per catalogues circulated in Hong Kong. W,e shall have no difficulty
in disposing of the blanks here, as also- the records. ,
We very much regret to say that since your Mr. White left us the
Plague has shut down like a fog-bank on any prospects of anything like
a healthy business for the present and the scare among the Chinese is
very great. This has put a stop to the demand for anything in the line
of Kinetoscopes, for the natives shun a crowd as they would the pes¬
tilence itself. The young man Tak Cheong and his. brother, with whom
we were arranging for the sale of a couple of Kinetoscopes, Doth aied
of the plague shortly after Mr. White left us. / 7 .
As regards the films, we note your further discount of 2C% and we
would ask you to credit us with the same on the 28 films purchased from
Mr. White, as we find several individual importers have been able to .
procure -similar or better terms than those already allowed on the 28 m
question^ refer0nQe tQ your agenCy for Hong Hong and South China, we
would be prepared to fit up a showroom in Ice House Lane specially for
the exhibition of your specialties, and would offer as a suggestion,
that you send us a set of your samples of your various productions in
electric batteries, fans, bells, etc, with the fullest particulars as
to prices, shipment, packing, etc, etc. and immediately after the hot
season is over, say at the end of August, we will set to work and open
up the business. 'The samples would always remain with us for your
account, and at your orders for disposal if at any time you should see-
fit. Our reason. for making the suggestion is the obvious iact that it
is a much simpler -matter to sell from samples than from catalogues. If
you should make us a shipment kindly mark the goods &.Co. and
ship to "Order11 direct to Hong Kong, via San Franciscp. .
Regarding the Kinetoscope we suggested to Mr. White the desira¬
bility of having an additional arrangement for showing lantern slides
whilst the changing of films was in progress. In this connection we
would be prepared to supply slides of Chinese and tropical subjects on.
verv reasonable terms, and to give you a crude idea of our possible
over 200 different pictures, gotte'n up originally by Mr. Hurley in the
form of Christmas cards. .
One word with reference to the Kinetoscope. . We have an inquiry
for\this machine but the buyer has heard of the Biograph and does not
care to order the former until he can get some particulars of the latter
instrument. We should be glad to hear if you manufacture them and to
have a description of the same, with quotations as to prices, etc, etc,
as they are not familiar to us.
We are,
Yours faithfully.
[ATTACHMENT]
- •** .Broad Street,. ftew j >JC> .... . ......
Dear Sirs:- v.t
We have for acknowledgment your favor of Hay 25th, contents
of which have had attention and for which wo thank you. We must apol¬
ogize for having delayed answering up to this time, which is partly ex¬
plainable by the fact that we were waiting a reply to our communication
of May 17th to the Edison Laboratory at Orange, and partly because of
the dullness in business matters brought about principally by the plague
which caused a stampede amongst the Chinese.
Sin»e the departure of Mr. ait. free, thie Colon, we hare by no
wans lost sight Of your interests; but after looking thoroughly into
th. matter in all Its bearings .e have reaohed the conclusion1 that your
best interests here .ill be much better served by a house having a large
retail connection with the Chines, in Hong Kong and Canton, .ho are in
teuoh with this sort of business; rather than by a wholesale mercantile
firm.
We have therefore placed the whole matter in the- hands of Messrs
Kruse &. Co. of this port, who are beyond question the best people to
^^^^he^bes^peopl^in^Manil^^and^ve^ould^tro °flt6n and co"™etions
confirm them as your agents ti,!! f? strongly recommend you to
H?ng Kong SouthChinal^thfphilioSiSq mo™Pol.yof your biisiness
ass ^^u&r«f3S F ;r
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?Pportfmit.y anlTwili send^/ou a^mSl Sial^dlT1^ y°'\by this
in the. premises will moot your approJal and JrUStln§ ?F actil^
Mr. Uhiie and the Edison
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r -General of the Paris Expositii
X am asking a few of my friends to endorse me, and should bS=jt
* glad, if it is entirely convenient and agreeable to yourself, to have „
Jgood word from you, couched in any terms you think. 6f, and address-!
d to President McKinley for me to present with my application.
nything you saw fit to write independently in addition I should
^of course appreciate. ^
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ELECTRICAL EXPERT, I I
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Electrical Inventions, U*"|i r*V/t* ^ (
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Thos. A. Edison Esq. , / j-9
Orange , H, J. (j
Dear Friend: , , ■ j ,4.
In the latter part of the 80’ s D, H. Ogden undertook to build
a Cross Town- street Railway running to the Bluffs into a desirable
residence district.
He was stalled in getting his franchise and having done a
great deal of business with me in former years asked for help.
I first loaned him #500.00 which was not enough and he had to
get $2,500.00 more.
He had been dickering with the Thomson - Houston people for
apparatus. i
At the time the .Edison interest had taken up the Sprague Com¬
pany and I told Ogden that unless he would deal with them he could
have no further assistance from me. He agreed to this and I
had him get a report from the Sprague people , who said the Road
was feasible and submitted an estimate of the cost and machinery
required. , ,
On the strength of this I secured the $2,500.00 for Ogdeiu
He obtained the franchise and started to bMld the Road as
directed by the Sprague people.
I soon found that Ogden was addicted to narcotics owing to a
long rheumatic illness and had lost his old vim and method.
This forced me to assume the sale of the bonds of the Company
and I raised $55,000.00 to complete the Road.
The Sprague apparatus was not adequate to the work required of
it on the ten per cent grade and in the winter of 90 everything
petered out and the road shut down.
The Sprague people then claimed that their latest motors would
do the work and agreed to fix us all up provided we bought two of
the latest motors at $3,000.00 each with an extra amount for trucks.
This was agreed to and after about three months work on the
part of their expert everything was turned over to the Company.
In the settlement a three months not^was given by the Key City
Electric Street Railway Co. for the motors which I endorsed.
I did this because some of our bond holders had agreed to fur¬
nish the money but they were in Europe and the Company heeded the
time.
By the time the bond holders returned it had developed that
the new motors were not much better than the old and the bond hold¬
ers quit,.
The Road struggled along through the winter but in the Spring
of 91 it went into the hands of a Receiver.
The Road was sold and was bought in by the bond holders.
The Bond holders then made a combination with the Allen & Swe-
nie line in Dubuque. ,■ This Road used Thomson -
and had also been through the Receivership mill.
- Houston apparatus
Chicago,
The Sprague motors were now taken off 'and much larger motors
put Into the service and the road works well and :^oes a fine business
The General Electric or its friends have managed to capture the
whole thing.
The note fell to the Edison General Co. and failing to collect
from the Key City Electric Street R’y Co. they sued me.
Bear in mind that the Sprague CO. had already received thousands
of dollarsfor apparatus at top prices from the Key Oit Co. bought
expnessly on their advice much of which was worthless for the use
recommended.
This trade came to them by my good will.
You know that I have been a consistent friend of the Edison
interests for many years and have turned large amounts of business
into their hands.
Under the circumstances I say that the prosecution of this
suit against me is unjust .
I think you ought to have this suit withdrawn at once and in¬
structions sent here to have the matter adjusted equitably.
Of course the lawyers think it is a great thing to harrass
an individual, . ; They want me to confess a judgment for some
$4,800.00 which means ruin to me at this time.
For a long time motor equipments of double the power of those
sold to the Key City Co. have been on the market at $700.00 .
.The idea. of punishing me to such an extent as proposed is
malicious in my judgment. .
I have no ill will in this matter. The General Electric
has had a great battle to fight and I hope the day is near at hand
when it will reap the large profits deserved by the high efficiency
now attained. .
Please advise me if you can do anything about this matter and
there is need of haste as the case is near trial ..
Sincerely Yours, f
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH AGENCY,
rt.‘ PRESCOTT, N
l BROAD STREET,
^PHONOQRAPHS,
PROJEOTOSOOPE8,
ORIGINAL FILMS,
KINETOSOOPE8,
ELECTRO DENTAL,
New York, . Deo. . 12th, . 1898
Ur. Thomas A. Hdison,
Edison, N.J.
Dear Sir,- Your favor of Deo. 8th received and care¬
fully noted. You must be misinformed that 1 am advertising myself as
your agent, as 1 do not remember ever having done so. 1 styled myself,
While in partnership with Mr. Stevens , as •Edison Phonograph Agency",
and am obliged to continues the use of that name on my letter-heads and
Office door so long th Hdison Phonograph Agency liquidation is: in progress
As 1 am still selling Edison phonographs, the use Sf the name oannot be
injurious to your interest. 1, however, have no desire to use your name
in oonnectlon with the Edison Phonograph Agency longer than is absolute¬
ly necessary to liquidate suoh Agenoy, as 1 find X can sell more goods
on my own name than ‘ttnderiany other, and 1 propose, in the future, to
advertisa'P.M. Preeeott* . I am only sorry that X did not oome to this
conclusion^ years ago. My sales for November were #17,164. I believe the
Edison Mfg, Co. received about #1200 of this amount while the National
Phonograph Co. received nothing. This month, and from now on, none of
your interests will receive directly any orders of mine.
‘ 2
EDISON PHONOGRAPH AGENCY.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
1 am aware that Mr* Stevens' business is increasing slightly,
but I am confident, with all the protection and the backing you and Mr,
Gilmore may give him, that it will never amount to what 1 am able to do.
It seems to me that you are paying pretty "dearly for endeavoring to esta¬
blish Mr, Stevens in the business, but so long yoi^are satisfied, 1 have
nothing to oompltin of. If you live long enough, *°rae day, 1 think, you
will be convinced of the trutbnof thta statements! have been trylbg,to
impress upon you* Mr. Gilmore has stated to you and has circulated the
story to the trade that 1 have been cut off from receiving your goods
because 1 cut prices* but you know arid I know that the onlynpricee 1 have
cut have been to follow Stevens' leaddt&d dhdeavor to meet 'his competition
And although Mr. Stevens still continual to cut prices and offer phonographs
at the ridiculous disdount of 45^/ at which quotation 1 could not possi¬
bly Seli, his supply is not Cut off, doing the same2 thing that 1 have
been accused of. The real reason that I was cut off was that Stevens
might suCoeed and the trade is thoroughly' aware of that faot to his die-1
credit and; to your discredit,
1 have wrlttentthia long letter as 1 know you do not have time
to go into details.and whatever Mr. Gilmore and others tell you, you take
for the gospel without hearing the other aide of the story.
Very truly yours.
Spencci'Trask,
^ NoivYo tic.
Mew York, Deo. 14th, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, M. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison: —
Upon my roturn to New York yesterday, I
received from Mr. Gilmore a lottor stating that in aooordanoo
with instructions recoivod from you, ho was to send me a
phonograph, with outfit, So., complete.
I beg to assure you of my appreciation of your thought¬
fulness in this matter, and to thank you for it. This will bo
when received, the only substantial thing that I havo received
from my firm's connection with the Phonograph Company. I shall
take great pride in showing it .
Again thanking you for tho phonograph, as well a3
for tho pleasure which I know my friends and I will derive from
it,
Believe mo,
Faithfully your3,
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General Electrio Co.
Fron _ _
Address
Mr. W. J. Hammer
To26 Cortlandt St.
COPY
Contract No. _
Requisition No.
Subject _ _ ^
Date Deo. 26 98
Dear Siri
After a diligent search I can find none of the note books I used
at Menlo Park and do not know where they are unless they may happen to
be among some papers and relics of mine (kept?) in the Adirondacks.
I have written there to find out. The only book I can find is one
containing a description of the Hulks t(?) Ketohane isolated plant on
Oct. IB 1881. From some letters though I have established the fact
that of ^/connection with the Menlo Park Laboratory not earlier than
the Utter part of 1881 or early in 1882 so that any testimony _
as to the use of coarse field winding would be valueless. I remember
it well though on the Z (or A) machines used in connection with the
electric road to Pumptown and find one sketch of it in this book though
almost obliterated. If I can be of any service will cheerfully do
so.
Very Truly Yours
F. A. 1/lardlaw
I have your favor of the 23rd inst, and
carefully noted. Although you admitted to me last September that there
was no reason' why i should not use your name and that you could not
stop me from using it if you wanted to, I will see that your request is
complied with. , . r
An Associate,;*?# ,|rt>e house of Messrs, .Paths Preres of Paris, the
largest fina in Europe in .the pro jectoscope, film and talking machine
line, is in Hew York, making' his headquarters With lije. He has brought
over sample b of films of his house, also samples of the blanks they are
making in Prance, Of course he could not do any phonograph business
with you, but he' would like to meet you to talk over the film business,
as it is possible you might wish to make some' arrangement whereby you
could sell his films in America»or exchange negatives' with* him, he man¬
ufacturing Edison films in Prance from your original Edison negatives
and you manufacturing Pathe films in Orange from original Pathe negatives.
If you or Mr .Gilmore can spare a few minutes I should be pleased
to bring out to Orange this gentleman.at your convenience . He is re¬
turning to Paris on January 7th, so if you will grant him the favor of i
interview it must be before that date.
Awaiting your pleasure, I am
[TO W.J. JENKS?]
copy_ f/Y']
Doouments from Orange Laboratory . 'V.- ^
■ ’ "While -awaiting" Mr . Edition yeot'erday'^'i went through a lot of
j-P.apers,;.that had been stored ' in' a Vault'- tinder '.the laboratory; Offlq© .at
'-Metilo: Park, Ybu -wiii4n6ti6&!'froa' their appOaraiioe • tkat .-^ii'e^ ktiye-been
soaked with'water.' ih# fere all sttiok together. 1 have found some
: valuable 'material among 'this.;, 1 . 4 '. 1 W; : ’
' Mr. Buckingham, ‘t'hb1 ^ oth’er day plaoed considerable, stress on
■the 'faot tkat 'Mri-^Ed'isfdn'a mot’OrO were -plkOed under the pla't'f 6xia pps ‘
floor of the oar, 1 ■ J .. •'••••••'•'•'•
1 enclose 'a' letter of Mr, Derails Barnes of Mew York to,,Thoa.
•A.' Edison, of November 7th,7 '1883, deferring to #l's investigating, eiec-
trio railways; and requesting Mf. Edison'S opinion as jto.'.ilfc- best' metfr-
ods of applying eledtrio power to oars. At' the top" yotf will hJote! in
Mr,' Edison ro handwriting, instructions to his secretary, and on the
baok of the letter in Mr. Edison's handwriting and initialed by him, is
stated his opinion that 'the'' motor 'in mbtit ' oases', bo' placed' direct iy ,un-
dor the oar, Mr, Edison told me yesterday that he. had 'spent out of his
own pooket, $42,000’ oh this road at .Menlo park. As confirming this,' I
enclose an interesting statement, dated" February fst,’ 18&3, giving" WW
cost of the roadbed, trestles, insulation, rolling stook, eto, , as a-
mounting to the stim of $3’7:,720,68, ~‘f' ' ' *■'■". ,
Bearing upon the ' point whioh' I raent ioned' 'the other day of Mr,
Sprague's following/'tijpi Mr, Edison's work at Menlo" Park, I enclose
letter from Edward HV Johnson of London, England of ‘'.April 11th, 1883 to
Mr. Edison, suggesting the employment of Mr. SpraguS to take oharge of
his railway experiments, in view of the subsequent arrangement whioh
Messrs. Johnson and 'sprague and their Company made Vith Mr. Edison and
the Edison Maohlne W«ke, relative to the manufacture, and sale of tio-
tors, working under Mr. .'.Edison's-patOnts,' eto,,‘ this 'iettef indy fee ser¬
viceable as indioatifig that ■ there was no abandonment of Mr, Edison's
work. f t,yj (•' ■' ■ •• •' - “
1 alBo. enoiosef'for your in&peot ion , a Copy of the Jnoorporfr*
tion of the Electrie Hallway C6, of the united states, dated April 'goth
1883; -also'-«^e«aen:t3'dtweeti;ite’88rs;;%t'e^hen D, Fi'ei&:’et‘;'al -and ThotaAs-
A* Edison et al in re 'New 'York dity oClffpCny, dated ' April B0(th». ,188§7n
Aodotnpattyiiig ‘tills is th0 lo't'tby* of* S« '3* ^Eaton to Tjioria.8 A** Edisoii*^ of
April 23d, 1883, ' '"'V' « [> ^
■ : I "'ono Iobo two' le tt tips . of W , if, Stewart of Saxit'ietgi, Chilli ito
Thotoae A, Edison under date of October ‘27th, ''1883' and Deoefijb'er istV " '
1882, * Both ©f-'thstee letters refer to ’the' exploiting of Map* Edison's
system of eleotrioi railroads Itl South'Aribrioa, ' +
. . ; I eric lose a letter of Geo. s, Ladd of. San Francisco to Samuel
insull of April 19th,' '1883, inquiring about Mr,' Edison '.s plwis^pr.’lto*
oreasing tract ion for his eleotrio looomotive, “ AttaoHed Vo t&s is ' an
interesting' paper, referring to the use. of. magnets, creepers, .and nota¬
bly 'the use of two or more oars t'o give' traction by placing tketfat'or 1
on each car. This nattef bears Upon! ’ the point ' that Mr ' rfr-
f erred to • the other day,' 'in whioh the oars were separat‘elyJdtipplled
with motors,' instead 'of being drawn by tke loo emotive, !'>*
Letter of C. v/. Rogers to Samuel Insull of Aug. 30th, ISSS*
referring to arrangements made to run the road at Menlo Parkt
.Letter of Benjamin Rhodes of Niagara Ralls, to Edison Elec¬
tric Railway Co.,, of January 23d, 1883, desiring to use Mr. Edison's
system, and inquiring whether it is on the market' for general use*
Letter of W. Mo crory, of Minneapolis, Minn, to Thomas A, Ed¬
ison, relative to the use of Mr. Edison's system in that city*
Letter of Chas. s. Hurd to Thomas A. Edison, relative to
■building and Edison Eleotrio Railroad.
Yours very truly,
^ ^ : a: - • tv - 37 tfe?
" i eno lose this memorandum pf the following papers, whioh jl
have taken from the laboratory files:- f
Letter of Samuel Insull of N.Y. to Chas. Batchelor, in Paris
under date of Oot. 30th, 1802, refering to the eleotrio railroad auk
Menlo Park, in whioh a referenod ie made to the locomotive being bufi.t
for England; also a letter of Samuel insull of N.Y, to wm. H. Rideing'
of Boston, dated Oot. 30th, 1882, refering to Menlo Park road, wtating
that Mr. Edison had at that time a passenger looomotive, whioh would
attains -speed of upwards of fifty miles, drawing a ooaoh containing
forty people; also looomotive capable of drawing ten oars, eaoh oarry-
ing four tons of freight, at the fate of ten or twelve miles an hour,
and stating that they are now finishing a oar whibh will run by itself
having a commutator that works Underneath the oar, whioh oar would car¬
ry thirty people at fifteen miles ah hour, at the expense of two and a
half or three horse power; then follows a description of the riad, and
closing with a referenoe to the eleotrio looomotive then being built
of the capacity of the ordinary Hudson River R.R. looomotive, whioh
when tested is to bo sent to England for the purpose of exploiting el¬
eotrio railroads fchere.
Letter of Sami, insull of N.Y. to Geo. E. Gourraud of London,
stating that Mr. Edison is laying a new track for his eleotrio railroad
about throe miles ^n length; that he is building a looomotive to have
a maximum speed W* ftpe-hundred miles an hour, and stating that he is
also going to bui^d a freight locomotive.
I enoloj® a letter of Fred A. Soheffjer to Chas. T. Hughes,
dated April 17th, 1882, for a brass ring to be made for the new motor.
These rings way Pe seen on one of the oars now at Menlo Park. It oo-
ours to me |n?. Soheffler, who is now the faotory Superintendent of
the Sprague Eleotfi® Co., might giYe some interesting information about
the early work, and as he is a warm personal friend of mine, I oan see
him should you deem it desirable.
I enolose a letter of June 12th, 1882, signed "White®, being
I think, from Judge Andres White, in whioh he refers to the use of Mr.
Edison's road pn the Canal, on the Brooklyn Bridge, and in Central Park
and on the elevated railroads.
I enolos® a monthly statement from the Jersey City Wheel
Foundry and Madhind Works, amounting to$785.14, under date of August
28th, 1882. I 'fcrwiw that this oonoern's name is stamped on some of the
wheels now at Men)*} PfcfW. I also note on some of the truoks, the name
of S.A.BemiB, patented Ifesl# &e.
I $nolode ypu a monthly statement of December 31, 1881 from
John Stephenson Co. for #687,6.0. This is, I believe for the passenger
oar whioh I Jhlnk 1 sent you a bill for, and whioh oar is at Present at
the Orange Laboratory.
I enclose you eleven freight reoeipts of the Penna. R.R. , of
November and December, 1881, whioh in the main refer to material fur¬
nished for Mr. Edison's eleotrio, railroad*
1 enclose statement -foir the P* & R. C. & I. Co. Rolling Mills
Reading, Pa; also reoeipt of James MoClfea for #17.60 in paymsnt of
gravel delivered to Thomas A. Edison.
When 1 go to Orange, I axpeot to get some other papers show¬
ing the delivery of this material for oonstruoting the road at Menlo
Park, the oharaoter and the amount of the deliveries, and from whom
they are sent*
1898. Edison, T.A. - Articles (D-98-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents requesting
Edison to write articles; correspondence relating to articles about Edison and
his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison.
Included is a questionnaire about high explosives by inventor Hudson Maxim.
The 5 documents not filmed are routine letters from journalists with no
significant response from Edison.
M, T, RICHARDSON CO,, Publishers,
27 pArk place,
New York, . j.an......i5,...x898 .
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Will you be good enough to gratl^r the curiosity of] one >
who has always been a warm admirer by saying whether or not your C
name as used in a sensational story now being published in a New
York newspaper is so used with your approval.
Trusting you will pardon what may seem like presumption,
and kindly favor me with a reply, for which I beg to enclose a
stamped and addressed envelope, I remain.
Mr. Thos. A, Edison,
Menlo Park
Dear Sir:
Yours respectfully,
HTtfL.
Massachusetts institute of Technology,
(Mar 5th 1898) Boston Mass
Themas A. Edison Esq,
Edison Sussex county h.j.
My dear Sir:-
I have now made up my notes on your works whioh you
so kindly allowed mo to visit in February, and in aooordance with
your permission I send them to you for revision.
I will in the first place indicate what I would like
to have you do for me and then you can decide how muoh of it you
care to do.
In the MSS I have marked the statements I am doubtful
about with a red ink underscore ^ _ or with red ink writing.
I shall be very grateful for any of these points on which you
can set me right or tell me that I ora right, by scratching out
the red line.
in regard to blue prints, I shall be very glad to receive
any of the blue prints indicated in the list on the last page.
I am particularly anxious to be set right as to the split wobbler,
as its exact construction is not olear to me.
You made a remark in regard to your sprocket conveyors
namely that the shearing strength. of steel was only Sooo lbs per
square inch. If the ultimate strength of steel is 30000 lbs
and shearing is 4/5 of that the shearing strength- would be 48000
lbs and if a faotor of safety of 3/e was used that would bring
the safe working load up to 8000 lbs. it seems to .mg.
have missed some point in your argument which puts it ..at 2000>'’lbs.<
Mr Locke wants me to express to you his thanks for his • ■
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share in the vejjy ^6±§uo^.v^5Tl ay we spent v/ith you, and his
apology tor la^yjftg ^>jAb n suoh unceremonious haste.
ffikJoefcg'tfe sires me further to say that he put the
\ capaoity£oi§?a $lime table a little too high, it should be about
"** 10 ton^p^c^J^r a table 17 feet in diameter.
In regard to my notes I will nay that if there is any
part yo^Tijjjj»»4o treat confidentially I will gladly aoceckfc to
your wto^i^you will put a mark on the margin to that effect.
iTs^all not be able to send my MSS to the printer before
next August, I understood you to say that all your rights would be
protected by that tine, In the mean time I will treat the whole
ocfifjyiU.Hy.
Thanking you many times for your kindhess to me I am
MCClure’s Syndicate. _ _ Hastings house, Norfolk ;
. - . The S. S. MCCLURE CO. stran^on.
Thomas A. Edison
Edison,, 1T.J.
A\V / NEW YORK, April SI, 1898.
Mr. Theodore Waters wrote an articlo for us some time ago
on the solving of the culm problem, by which millions of tons of refuse
culm arB turned into good coal. The article is entitled "Another
Great Edison Discovery," and I bolieve has had your approval.
Mr. Waters asked us to hold it for a while until you sig¬
nified your willingness tliat it should bo published. We are anxious
of course not to have it appoar elsewhere boforo wo use it, and should
feel obliged to you if you would let us know whether you have now
any objection to our spnding it out to our papers for publication
within say three or four wooks^, after hearing from you.
Thanking you for your many courtesies.
Tours vory truly.
C& . rr-
To THOMAS A. EDISON, Esq.,
Orange,
New Jersey.
Dear sir,
I am soon to publish a book ei titled "High Explosives
Warfare ", whion will deal with the science of explosives and th eir
application in warfare, embracing submarine mines, automobile tor¬
pedoes, torpedo boats, submarine torpedo boats, aerial torpedoes,
and torpedo guns.
I wish to publish in the book some opinions of the wind's
eminent men concerning the future of high explosives in warfire. Am
soliciting opinions not only from naval and military men and others
expert in matters relating to warfare and war material, but also of
eminent statesmen, litterateurs, moralists, philosophers, scientists
and inventors.
Am sending you,
printed matti
descriptive of my system of throwing high explosives from ordnance,
including my lecture before the Royal United Service Institution of
Great Britain, an article from Engineering, June 10th., and an article
from the Cosmopolitan Magazine, and one, from Cassier's Magazine for
July, and which will be: largely reproduced in the book.
It will be esteemed a great favor if you will examire the
system and give your opinion of it. Any criticisms which you may
care to make will be equally thankfully received and appre elate.: d,
and will also be published in the book.
■While I am inviting opinions concerning my own system,
still I am equally desirous of obtaining opinions of the systems of
others relating to the employment of high explosives in warfare, -
the Whitehead type of torpedo, the torpedo boat and the submarine
torpedo boat.
The main features upon which opinions are desired are em¬
bodied in the following questions, but I do not wish you to be con¬
fined in any way to the following questions in your criticisms or
opinions.
QUESTIONS.
1st. What is your opinion of the value of high explosives as a des¬
tructive agent in warfare, and the part destined to be plaje d by
them, and ttkeckaecx will' it be a dominant part or a subsidiary one?
2nd. If aerial torpedoes carrying taooc 500 lbs. of high explosive can
be thrown at all fighting ranges at sea with equal velocity and
accuracy as the projectiles now thrown from twelve inch guns, and
carrying half a ton of high explosive, at slightly less velocity,
and from a gun weighing no more and costing no more than the pre-
sent twelve inch gun, ‘ then what is your opinion of the value and
efficiency of such aerial torpedoes in naval warfare?
3rd. If a sea-coast gun can be built and erected at a cost no greater
than the present twelve inch sea coast gun, and which shall be
capable of throwing 500 lbs. of high explosive in half a ton of
steel ten to twelve miles, half a ton of explosive in a ton of
steel eight to nine miles, and a ton of high explosive in a ton of
steel four to five miles, what is your opinion of the value and ef¬
ficiency of this weapon as compared with the present twelve inch
gun, which throws a projectile weighing half a ton and carrying
only thirty-seven pounds of black rifle powder?
4th. What is the likelihood that the above results can be attained by
means of the Maxim-Schupphaus multi-perforated progressive burning
smokeless powder, in conjunction with the type of gun, form of pro¬
jectile, kind of fuse, and character of fulminating compound pro¬
posed in my system?
5th. What is your opinion as to whether wet compressed guncotton,
picric acid, or any other explosive known to you, will be suffic¬
iently insensitive to stand the shock of acceleration in the gun
necessary to the attainment of the above results?
6th. What is your opinion of the efficiency and sphere of usefulness
of the present torpedo boat, and what modifications in the same
would you suggest, if any?
7th. What is your opinion as to the efficiency and sphere of useful¬
ness of torpedoes of the Whitehead type, and to what extent would '
their value be increased could they be sent through the water at a
speed from twice to four times greater, say at the rate of from
sixty to 100 miles an hour, without any material alteration in
the type?
ah. What is your opinion of submarine boats in general, or of any
of the proposed types, as for example, the Holland?
9th. What will probably be the coming dominant type of war vessel?
Will it remain the heavily armored expensive battleship, or will
this type be modified or replaced by lighter and swifter vessels?
10th. What, in your opinion, are the humanitarian bearings of im¬
proved implements and agencies of warfare?
11th. Should the inventions of civilians be utilised and civilian
inventors encouraged by Governments and civilians be given equal
opportunities with soldiers, or should all such work be left en¬
tirely to naval and military men.
12th. Have the inventions now being utilised by the most enlightened
nations been mostly produced by civilians, or by soldiers, and
does not the vastly greater number of civilians above soldiers
naturally place greater possibilities of invention with civilians,
notwithstanding the special training of naval and military men?
Thanking you in advance, for any opinion. , criticism, or
suggestion,
I am, dear sir,
Yours very respectfully,
ii'ii
1898. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-98-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison’s membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies.
Included is a letter containing Edison’s comments regarding the failure of the
Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences to formally recognize his
accomplishments.
All the documents have been filmed.
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Jan 10th, 1898.
7. A. Edison, Esq.
Dear Sir,
I am under the impression that neither the Royal sooiety
nor the Academie des Sciences ever bestowed upon you any medal, or prize
or membership, or, in fact, ever formally recognized you or your great
work. Would you mind telling me if this impression is correct?
Your'd gaithfully.
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Jl/lmneapolis. February 7, 1898.
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1 have the honor to inform yot. that, at
the January meeting of our Cominandery, you
ion under l.,ll. and 111. of Circular Ho. 26
(ton t honorary as to the admission fee).
The American Wars is organized to promote
love of country and flag, and your name and in¬
fluence will greatly assist the Society in its'
work.
Yours very sincerely, --
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Chandler (President of the Postal Company) delivered an after-dinner
speech over the telephone from his residence in Brooklyn, and it has
been suggested that the Club would enjoy it very much if you would
talk to us by telegraph on the occasion of our next dinner, to be held
on the evening of May 5th. If you will favor us I will arrange for
a wire to be run into your laboratory. There will be present at this
dinner several telegraph men who were in the service of the Western
Union Company in Boston at the time you were here in 1868 and 1869.
An early reply will greatly oblige.
Yours very truly.
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1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - General (D-98-06)
This folder contains correspondence by and about Edison’s family.
Included are items regarding the estate of Edison’s late father, Samuel, and
the financial situation of Samuel’s friend, James Symington. Other documents
relate to the death of Mina Edison’s brother, Theodore Miller, from wounds
received in the Spanish-American War and to the wartime army service of
Edison’s son, William Leslie Edison.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
documents not filmed are routine letters from J. P. Morgan & Co. concerning
the payment of the monthly stipend to Edison’s daughter, Marion Edison
Oeser.
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Schenectady, N. Y. , April 1, 1898.
Mr. John Randolph, esq. ,
% Thomas Edison,
Orange, N. Y.
Dear Sir:-
I have your esteemed fa/or of yesterday's date asking me
to send Master Charles Edison spch postage stamps as I may have for
his collection. At one time / had quite an accumulation, but
since I have been here, thei4 have been children of friends of
mine to whom I have given Jk considerable number. I will see what
I have left and will wit/ pleasure forward them to you, and any I
may get hold of in the/uture, I will certainly send forward 1
young Edison.
AGENT FOR
PHONOGRAPHS,
KINETOSCOPES,
PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES,;
BATES NUMBERING MACHINES.
DENTIST MACHINES AND TOOLS,
ROENTGEN RAY APPARATUS,
EDISON-LALANDE BATTERIES.
ELECTRIC PANS AND SUPPLIES.
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Dear Madam,
As attorney for Mr.J.w.S.Peck of New Kaven.l hold
two promissory notes given him by w.L.Edlsonjone of $22.dated Dec. 9/97,
the other of $16. 50. dated Dec. 22/97.
Letters sent your son by Mr .Peck, and his New Haven Atty.as well as
from me receive no attention.
Upon receipt of check for the amt. I will remit notes with receipt.
.Check should be made to my order, as I have to sign receipt.
I cab be seen. at any time at my house as i am confined within door
by sciatica.
Dictd. Respectfully yours
80 Glebe St. Orange, N.J.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
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Dear Sir:-
We beg to enclose statement of cable expenses and cash
advanced. in connection with your son, Mr. William Edison, in Porto
Rico.
Our Mr. Frederick. R. Rohl has returned from. that Island, and
says that he had considerable trouble in locating your son there, but
after doing so- found him perfectly well.
From copies of correspondence enclosed you will notice that we
opened credit in favor of your son for $600.00 with Messrs. Fritze,
Lundt & 00., of Ponce. Should your son avail himself of this credit
we will advise you as soon as we receive notice thereof from our
correspondents.
Yours very truly,
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New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
WORKS:
IQH BRIDGE BRANCH, C. R. R. OF N, J.
Edison Office Telephone, 5 B Dover, N. J.
Orange “ " 311 Orange.
Edison, Sussex Co., N. J., October 20th, isos
Mosers J. M. Ceballoa & Co.,
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. Yours 11th has been 'wait in?? the writ era return an a we
beg now to confirm 'telephone massage sent you last Monday morning
(17th) to cancel by cable the' credit given Mr William L. Edison.
Tf you will recall the telenhone message at the' time
' young Edison was reported sick, you will remember that Mr Edison
requested in case his son' was sick give to him every attention
necessary, and he certainly did not suppose you would advance him
any money provided he was ‘not' sick, he also says that if at the time
you had. cabled your representative to make the credit, you haa
notified him he would have cancelled it.
Mr Edison greatly appreciates your help in looking up his
son and we trust you will succeed in canceling the credit before
it has been further drawn on. Please adviGe us at earliest possi¬
ble moment how much of the credit Edison Jr has used.
Yours very truly,
C E B ALLOS St CO.
ABLE "CEBAUOS"
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W. 8. Mallory, Esq.,
The New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Edison, Sussex Co., N.J,
Dear Sir:-
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor
of yesterday’s date respecting Hr. Wm. Z. Edison and have
taken due note of same. On receiving telephone message last
Monday morning, we at once cabled to Porto Rico cancelling
the credit and we shall no doubt here from our correspondents
in due course as to whether this credit has been availed of.
Yours very truly,
1898. Edison, T.A. - Family - Edison, T.A., Jr. (D-98-07)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about
Edison’s oldest son, Thomas A. Edison, Jr. Included are several letters
written by Edison, Jr. to his friend, Edward J. Redington. Other items pertain
to Edison, Jr.’s business activities. There is also a note by Edison to Thomas
Commerford Martin, co-editor of the Electrical Engineer, regarding his son’s
personal and intellectual shortcomings.
All the documents have been Filmed.
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Yours received some time ago and honestly and truly I have been so
awfully busy X dont know where I am half of the time, or what I am doing, so I hope
you will excuse me for not replying to your letter before.
Seeing that you are -who you are, I am going to tell you something of my
position at the present writing, and let you judge for yourself if I am not in a fine
fix for one so horribly young as I am.
If I was only a little older it would be very different for X am greatly
handicapped by my age, I seethat very plainly every day, I have confidence in myself
but for the first time in my life X must throw up my hands and admit that I filive not
a bit of courage.
The Attorney General of California, together with several very prominent
business men and engineers, came west especially to see me upon matters pertaining to
my scheme to utilize the tides of the sea for power purposes.
They invited me to take dinner with them at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, which I
did, and afterwards we held a long consultation in a private room; The details of
this meeting would be too long to tell you Ed old man, but the substance of it was
that they went simply wild over my scheme, every one of the engineers indorsed it and
of course this agitated the other men.
They presented to me seueral propositions all of which means an immense
amount of money to me, but the very one that would ultimately give me the largest
income is the very one I think I am less capable of handling, and so on down to the
Iasi proposition.
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settles it.
I think however that Sawyer's camp will be satisfactory to us all, for we
are rather used to it and that makes a good deal of difference sometimes, dont you
think so?
In regards to going over to "Renville" I think it would be too much of a
journey for the girls, for we must remember that we are all invalids and I hardly
think we could undertake this trip without the assistance of several trained nurses
and an ambulance, which of course woud be very impractical) just as you said.
I think Ed we had better close up the deal with Sawyer, at the price you
quoted, so that we can feel assured of this, by the way did he have anything to say
about our conduct of last year? Let me know what he had to say, as these things al¬
ways interests me very much.
Now in regards to the provisions, I swear Ed old man I dont see where I am
going to get the time to make out the list, for I cant find time even to eat nowdays
what somebody else orders, so if it will not be too much trouble, you will greatly
relieve me by making out the list yourself.
Two of our fellow campers are going to diet, so I understand, and it will not
be necessary to order as much stuff, your idea of getting fresh eggs is a good one
also the other things as well.
Kay and I have been practicing some music on the Guitar and Mandolin and hope
to give you all some fine selections at camp.
Remember me to all the folks
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I hope you will pardon me for writing to you on the typewriter, but I have
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May, 31th, 1898.
Dear Old Ed:-
Well, indeed you have a great pard to neglect you this way, hut honestly
I have been going to write you for the last two weeks hut some how I have been unusu¬
ally busy and simply couldn’t do it.
How is the boy anyway? it really seems ages since I last heard from you,
but never mind we shall soon be to-gether and we can talk it all over.
X have often wondered how you are getting along with the camping trip,
and often felt as though X am putting you to an awful bother in making the arrange¬
ments and everything, but X couldn’t find the time to do anything myself and as some
one had to do it no better one then you could be found. •
Have you made out the list of provisions yet? You had better count on nine
Ed even though there may be more or less, and we' shall have to make some arrangements
so we can get fresh meat and milk every day for May,
I wonder if that boat is going to run on seventh this summer, I hope so
for it will be much easier to get the stuff up there,
I am very much afraid I wont be able to get up to camp until the sixth
or seventh of July, on account of some business matters which are very important, but
this does not interfer with you all going up on the 20th as planned.
' 1 want eve^yone that can meet in Utica on Monday the 20th, in the morning
and I am going to try and see that they get there.
Mrs Brinkerhoff and Miss Smith will come from Fremont to-gether. May and
Louise Brush from Clifton Springs, Miss Morehouse from Northampton.
I want you to write to Mr Sanders Ed and' ask him to join the camping mob,
for we want anough fellows this year if we if I havj! to bring up New York City.
Are you going to be up to meet them at o(.d Forge, if you are let me know.
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Your letter was received this morning and as usual whs very glad to hear
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X think I will be able to go up to camp on the 21st, but as yet cannot
say definitely, though I shall try to get off by that time if such a thing is possible
and it looks a little better just now.
When I get you up at camp I am going to give you a dreadful soolding for
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course invite him by all means, and X hope he will go with us.
I dont see just how I can go to Clifton Springs Ed, but still something
may turn up so I can, it will be a very nice trip for us and I know we would enjoy
ourselves very much indeed, however I will let you know later about it.
I vwrote you a letter yesterday and by this time you should have received
it and hope you will answer it soon.
Kemember me to all the folks, and believe me
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1898. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Advice
(D-98-09)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements
in Edison’s inventions, asking him for advice on technical matters, or
requesting his assistance in improving or promoting an invention. Also
included are unsolicited letters from other inventors about their work.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the letters selected for filming received a significant response from Edison.
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// Shoe and Leather Reporter
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
West Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
We have been told that there is a party somewhere in this country
who is making patent leather proof against cracking and bursting, by means
of an electric drying room invented by yourself. As the acknowledged
-official organ of the tanning trade of this country we are anxious to ascer¬
tain whether or not this advice is authentic. We, therefore, respectfully
ask your assistance in the matter and if such a party exists, will you
kindly furnish us his address.
New york, - - March._l.6th, . „iS9 8
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(Dictated F.E.C.)
Most respectfully yours,
SHOE AHD~^^|^R^REP 0^!R ,
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experiments upon the .'syiibtiiesstof wireless telegraphy. In one of these
articles you are quoted, as saying that you thought that it would be a
very pracifccable method of communication between the different
islands of an archipelago lying closely together. I have been greatly
interested in this subject for the reason that this county comprises a
large number of small i slands , known as the fan Juan Archipelago,
which is entirely cut off from telegraphic communication. The business
of the county would probably not justify the laying of the necessary
cables to connect with the large telegraphic systems on the main¬
land. The width of the channels between the islands and the main-land
will run from one to eight miles, Ho you think your system of wireless
telegraphy would be applicable to this situation and thus obviate the
necessity of cables? Could the telephone be made applicable to your
system instead of the telegraph? The telephone would be far more de¬
sirable and I think much more profitable. Will be greatly pleased to
hear from you at your convenience, with any suggestion whi chAmay be
your pleasure to make .touchi ng any question in connection with this
proposition. Will you kindly state what appliance would be necessary
and about what the expense of same would be. Hoping to be favored with
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Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Mr. Edison,
<./$add', Nov. 25th. 1898 _
I have been thinking lor some time ol writing you about an
Electric Lantern. We do quite a business with the Fire Departments all
over the Country in supplying them- with Axes and-our Patent Handle; They
tell me that. -there is not a Lantern- made that will remain lighted, in foul -i
air, that they will go .out where a man will live. You light a Lantern and
put the same lighted match right in over the globe and you will put it out. -;
I dont know anything about Electricity,- but after looking the matter over* >
the question- that came -into- my mind . was-,- whether, or not a -Lantern could- be-
•made with a Battery that would keep the light -burning constantly tor twelve -'
hours, and not be- too heavy and . bulky. These Lanterns-, are Lighted.. before »
dark and kept burning all night on the Apparatus. In case of a fire these -
Lanterns are used inside -of the -buildings, a man may be1 -in- the-- back end of- -
a building where there is foul air, and before he is aware of it his light -
has gone out. You can appreciate the feelings of a man under those- oi.roum*-'..*
stances, groping about in the dark. If an Electric Lantern could be gotten :
up to fill the bill,, and not .too expensive, I. think that there • would .be a i
good dear of money in— it , for there is",’certai-nly is a big demand: for -it in -i
all the Fire Departments throughout the country, I. -have thought again, that •
perhaps a belt could be made with a Battery so that a man could buckle, it. .
around his -waist, and have;a good -size bulb so that it would throw a good {
1 ight -all ; around' him-j rand, if -he: ’.had -oacasiairc-to - Use both- hands he could |
have some way to fasten the- bulb to his coat or hat. I suppose this belt. |
would want to be water proof, and arranged -so as to be able to remove the- <
cells when they required renewing, and' put in new -c61 Is- without taking it j
off. There, is I understand. an Electric Torch on the market,- hut the. Fire. j
Department' people tellune t‘hat it is not practical, They want a light th% - :
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iviil shine all around them. As- I said belorei II you could" get up something 1
oi this kind,, and- not -have it too expensive,- I think that there- would- be
money in it. Vou could hold an interest- in it ,. and.-we...would. introduce it.-
in connection with- our-^ther-bus-inessv-These-i-deas- came-'-to'- me after look- • i
ing the situation ove-r,- and -.1- thought that-it-would- do -no- harm to mention 1
them to you. Hoping that I have not taken too much oi your valuable time,
I remain.
Very truly yours.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
120 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK.
• Vol- XXVI, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 24, 1898. No. 55
Mr. Tesla to His Friends.
New York, Nov. 18, 1898.
_ „ 4l> and 48 East Houston St.
Editor of Tins Electrical Engineer, iso Liberty .St., New Yor:
City.
contribution to the Electro-Therapeutic Society yoif have final!
succeeded— lifter many vain attempts made during a number 0
whatever mortals could do to bring Mr. Tesla forward am
cure for him tile recognition that was duly his. Not only ii
columns of tills and other journals, but in magazines and b
we have striven with ail the ability we possessed to explain
Tesla's ideas. The record is before all men. If there is a
or a word in it that seeks to do Mr. Tesla "serious injury,'
demand its production by him. The man, whoever lie be,
• says we have ever in word or deed or thought tried to do
’ Tesla any sort of injury, lies.
Within tile last year or two Mr. Tesla lias, it seems to us, 1
1 far beyond tile possible in the ideas lie lias put forth, and lie
1 to-day behind him a long trail of licautiful but unfinished in
! lions. By mild criticism and milder banter, not being ab!
lend Mr. Tesla tile cordial support of earlier years of
achievement, we have only very lately endeavored to express
doubts mid to urge him to the completion of some one of
many desirable or novel tilings promised. We believe this tc
true friendship.
For example, take Mr. Tesla’s latest and furthest enlargen
of Ids newest idea, as presented by him in a signed lette;
tlic New York "Sun,'' of Nov. 21, unfolding ids' plan to 1
Pause with artillery of the present type. At this moment
SEND A PROJECTILE, at much greater distance, IT W1
NOT BE LIMITED IN ANY WAY- BY WEIGHT
amount of explosive charge, we shall be able to submerge i
command, TO ARREST IT IN ITS FLIGHT AND CA
IT BACK, and to send it out again hnd explode it at will, 1
more than this, IT WILL NEVER MAKE A MISS."
When we are expected, wide awake and in our sober sen
but in my qualities both as Chris-
lways forgiven you and only pitied
nc, though, your offence is graver
in have dared to cast a shadow oil
-e willing to face the" consequences.
. Tesla’s real, tangible work is on rec
aw the line at such things as these.
tnous men whom you quote, tangible proofs in support of your
statement reflecting on my honesty. Being a bearer of great
honors from a number of American universities, it is my duty,
in view of the slur thus cast upon them, to exact from you that
in your next issue you produce these, together with this letter,
winch in justice to myself, I am forwarding to other electrical
journals. In the absence of sucli proofs, which would put me in
the position to seek redress elsewhere, I require that, together
with the preceding, you publish instead a . complete and humble
apology for your insulting remark which reflects on me as well
as on those who honor me.
On this condition I will again forgive yon; but I would ad-
vise you to limit yourself, in' your future attacks to statements
for which you are not liable to be punished by law.
N. TESLA.
paper, the two letters herewith speak for themselves.
The American Electro-Therapeutic Association.
Dr. Charles R. Dickson, Ex-President.
296 Sherbournc St.
« ‘ , Toronto, Canada, Sept. 26, 1898.
T. Commcrford Martin, Esq,, 120 Liberty St., New' York. •
Dear Sir—I was quite surprised to hear on Saturday last fre
n"fTI?Cw1’ ?•' ?rbl:“ Ncw,man' of New York< thht the edite
of The Electrical Engineer had received no notices of the mc<
desired dimensions. I fully appreciate all that yc
[ENCLOSURE]
the electrical engineer.
•Cly for the loan of the electro,
rood condition,
continued and increasing s
charles'r. 'Sr
'an, Chairman.
5th St.
ew York City, Oct. at
/ the necessary vote for you
electrical Engineer, you Icnd-
ittr transactions,
y 5 incites— if our secretary is
incites— it our secretar
’• and illustrations at once,
ROBERT NEWMAN,
a deserving association and
may add as a matter of fact,
presented, that 1
Tclr ° •l,‘S f“UCS!i0n “s t0 thc Probable practicability of
; “Herald, "acopyVf wldclf he showed meCady Pr'SCnted in
w * Siai^> *,ut tri‘s*c<i his memory.
plan practicable, was discussed. pr°1,OSCtl' qZ£ BRACKETT
The Electrical Engineer,' ^wYoS"""'''180' «
Letter received this morning. The “Herald” renort was
slant, ally accurate. I will write more to ?ou presently
A. E. DOLBEAR,
“Greatest Discovery of the Age."
Mr. II, W. Phillips, in thc “Criterion" of Nov. to lias an ill.,
, win lie presented, that be- ““ cJ. llltcryiew with Mr. Tesla, whom lie quotes as follows
r. Newman to technical pub- tS3o£«h“l^hfaL?h.»e^*”.li aS a rc,ay f?r stccri"f? dirigib
ifficicnt demand for it among !h‘^t°i^
ltd appeared in our columns would put the laurels of cveflasting fame on my head!" ’
insinuation . that we took — " -
nd of our contemporaries? The Evolution of the Surface Contact Railway.
1898. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-98-12)
This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison
or to tour his West Orange laboratory. Included are documents regarding
arrangements for visits by Josef Hofmann, the renowned concert pianist; and
by former Governor J. Turner Morehead, accompanied by former laboratoiy
employee Robert T. Lozier. Substantive letters from individuals who visited
the laboratoiy or company shops on business can be found in their
appropriate subject folders.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
documents not filmed are routine requests that received no significant
response from Edison. Among these are 3 letters by Charles A. Munn of the
Scientific American concerning a proposed visit by Prince Albert of Belgium.
620 Atlantic Ave.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr, Edison:-
✓ CHORGE BULLOCK ROBERT T. LOZIER
BULLOCK ELECTRIC COMPANY
: : ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT EQUIPMENTS : :
v NEW YORK. U. S. A. April^ 2nd ,
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Pojt-officc Box
IS3> New York
Long- distance
Telephone
Cable Address
"Billow" N. Y.
1898.
Would it be possible to arrange to have you meet Gov. J. Turner-
Morehead, President of the Willson Aluminum Co. at whose works acetylene gas
was discovered and developed, and who was personally responsible- as much as
anyone else, for its discovery?
May the Governor and I run out to see you at Edison or Llewellyn
Park some afternoon? The Governor knows some very interesting things about
calcium-carbide, being "away up" in synthetical chemistry, and I have express¬
ed a desire to have him meet you, which he should like to do if it can be
arranged. Can this be done? and at what time and place?
Believe me,
Yours very truly, / ^ ,
f<A^' ^ t< <•£
BULLOCK ELECTRIC COMPANY
: ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT EQUIPMENTS : :
OFFICES
New York
St. Pent Bonding
Philadelphia
Bonne Building
620 Atlantic Avc,
RTIi/aW NEW YORK. U. S. A. April 12th, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
I have your very kind favor of/ the 7th, inst. which I find on
my return from out of town. On c omnuni cap ing with Gov. Morehead he tells
nfe that he will be unable to go to Orange' at present, but trusts to be able
efc ( do dt a later time. When the Governor lets me know, I will ascertain
if -1 £ ifllV be' convenient for you to see us at Orange.
Governor Morehead wishes me to extend to you his thanks for your
emppfivy the matter.
Your's very truly,
1898. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-98-13)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included are documents regarding
the company’s taxes for 1898 and items concerning a new fan-motor outfit for
telephone booths.
The 6 documents not filmed are routine domestic and foreign requests
for catalogs and price lists and a routine supply requisition.
Related material can be found in D-98-22 (Motion Pictures).
$
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EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
ST. JAMES BUILDING
get it out sooner.
I also direct your attention to the descriptive article
on page 274 of the "Electrical World", September 10th issue,
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referring to the Portable X-Ray outfit on the Hospital Ship "Solacd*
which was installed by us. This article also appears in the
special Medical and Surgical number of the "Army and Navy |tag Azina"
September, 1898.
. Yours very truly,
[ENCLOSURE]
SEEdison Telephone Booth
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1898. Electric Light - General (D-98-14)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
electric lighting and power. Included are documents regarding the use of silk
filaments for incandescent lamps and items about low-voltage lamp
experiments. There is also correspondence concerning the annual convention
of the National Electric Light Association.
All the documents have been filmed.
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A WEEKLY REVIEW OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTRICITY.
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informed that you have written to Prof.
Dear Hr. Edison!
We are informed that you have written to Prof.
Marks in Philadelphia that his meter you consider as
now perfected, and the Professor, with your permission,
would like to use that letter in the \my of some strik¬
ing advertising. Ho is, however, naturally reluctant
to do this without your ccnsent, and will be glad to
hear from you that you will allow him to do this in
our paper, Marks and X are old friends and we would
like to help him all we can, just as you would yourself,
and at the same it will be of benefit to us, as he will,
be sure to hear from such advertising in our pages.
He is very proud of the document you sent him.
With regards,
Faithfully yours,
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BEACON LAMP COMPANY,
Standard, Series and Miniature Incandescent Lamps,
OFFICE ANO FACTORY,
New Brunswick! N. J., . &/~8/LX%9&«. J89
THOMAS A. HOI SOU,
0RAW3U, N.- J,;
MIT DEAR SJRi-
Wo conmenc ed the iranufae ture of lamps here, about
two ydars ago, and' in their manufacture, we used some silk thread.
The Wes tinghouse have, brought; suit against us for using
sillc treated with sugar ar)d sulphuric acid* They haws entered
this suit on what is known as the Stanley Patents taken out in
July 28th 1835.
We have understand that you went over this field thorough¬
ly, and used silk both treated and untreated long before -this date.
If you cart, give me any information on this subject regard¬
ing the earliest date at which silk yyas used for Incandesced!
lamps, 1 shall be greatly obliged to you.
Yours truly*
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison, /
Orange, N. J. /
near sir:- /
3y dirootion of President Insu^l*, I am pleased to extend to
you an invitation to attend our ttventy-p'irst convention, to be held in
Chioago June 7,8,9 next; headquarte/s and convention hall at the Au¬
ditorium Hotel, /
I beg to inform you that the Annual Convention of the
National Electric Light Association, of which you are an Honorary
Member, will be held in this Cit,y at the Auditorium Hotel, on
June 7th, 8th and 9th, next.
The Association will esteem it a great favor if you can manage
to be present on this occassion. If it is not convenient for you
to be present during the whole of the meeting, we trust that it
will be possible for you to join us on the opening day of the
Convention.
Yours truly
HtZsCCC'C''
' Morrison Electric Light and Power Co.
OPERATING THREE WIRE D. C. SYSTEM.
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1898. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
New York (D-98-15)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York. Included is a
report by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, discussing company
operations. There is also a comparative statement outlining the price, capacity,
and number of the various meters within the company’s system.
All the documents have been filmed except for 2 routine meeting
announcements.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
General Offices , jj, 55, 57 Duane St.
RETURNS, 1897 ■
Thn year 1697 chows roturna, above 6/« dividend, of practically
§313,500. Tho depreciation charge was continued monthly nt thn same
rate ns last yoar, §10,000 per month, .with tho addition of $2,000 por
month for tho Manhattan Co., tho intention being to add at tho end
of tho yoar to cover any balance of depreciation charges at 1C$ on
stoam muchinory, motors, etc., on dynamos, boilers, oto., 3^ on
underground and 5$ on buildings. Those rates, figured on tho- inventory
of Jan. 1, 1897 , require, approximately , $166,000 or $38,000 in ad¬
dition to monthly charges. Tho Labor Bonofit Fund, figurart as last
year, roquiros $23,607, of which §10,898 has been advanced to Edison
and $1,876 to Manhattan employes. Had debts (Edison) aro but $18,600,
below g/sjS, a most creditable showing, besides $4,800' (high tonsion)
already deducted from Manhattan not. In view of tho largo ohangoo
from chemical to mechanical motors, I suggest that toward tho $200,000
on chomionl motor account, J5oc. 31, 1897, $50,000 be written off from
Profit ft Loss, as was dono by the Berlin Oo. when it began its, meter
change.. The two-wiro system represents, approximately, §250*000. on
tho Installation Co.'s books, and it is to bo considered whether a
depreciation charge '.of , say §135,000 to §150,000, should not be mads
toward writing this off through tho Installation Co. Thoro are other
considerable amount's, as for oarly engineering expenses and general
construction, hot reprosenting plant, to which depreciation charges may
be written off, thus taking the remaining net ovor for oonsr, ruction
purposes. The bu'dgn t appropriations for 1897, including transfors
from 1896, aggregate $783,094, against which total expenditures and
contract obligations aggregate $683,317.21, leaving $39,776.79-un-
oxpdnctod balance, of which $33,260' is to bo transferred from 1897 to
bo dono in 1898--- a close showing.
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS^ 1898.
Tho Co.'s external liabilities outstanding Jan. 1, 1898, aro,
Bills Payable $150,000, Contract Obligations, Bills in dispute, etc.,
$140,000, Ralanco on First Avo. property contract due Jan.- 26, §30,000;
a total of $320,000, The Edison budget for 1898 includes approxi¬
mately, $500,000 for station equipment, including condonsing system
at Duane St'.', one new unit at 12th St., 2 now units and condensing
system at 26th St,, ! arid storage battery at 39th St. j approximately
#240,000 for underground extensions, approximately $246,000 for now
business, lnoluding subsidiaries, services, meters, city lighting*
oto., and approximately $20,000 — a total of $1,000,000. The high
tension budget calls for approximately., $135,000. Those figures
do not include balance oh mortgage of. §305, 000 on First 'Avo .property.
The grand total is §1,458,000 without, or §1,755,000 with payment of
First Avo, mortgages, from which is to be deducted, say §260,000,
operating earnings over dividends, loaving approximately, $1,200,000,
or §1,500,000 capital requirements, 1898. ■ Of now capital, $800,000'
before May 1, $500,000 in late summer and $500,000 before Nov. 1,
would more than provide for tho requirements 'of 'the' year, except for
temporary provision within this month.
R.R.B.
LIABILITIES.
Bills in hand 9,190,90
floods or do cocl not, bi llod 33, ($78,59
Bills in dispute 100,549.03
".’oW: authorized not completed 7,000.00
Balance on Property Contract Jnn. 2(5
Bill a payable
Advances i* -on flen’l ft Ojtst^^nj; A/c
140, 4.13, 44
30,000.
150,000.
533.517.38
5338,930.73
OESEBAL' & "oPKRAXINQ AOflPthw.
Bank Balances Shoe ft Leal, her
Am r loan Exchange
Customers’ A/ns and B/H
Accrued Interest on Bonds
Advances to Construction Account
41,793.89
7,394.57
49,387.88
330,141.11
39,735.
553.517.38
$373,071, 25
LIABILITIES.
; 3ills in hand
floods. ordered not billed
Bills in dispute
Accrued lot erest on Bonds
98,238.84
14,000.
54,393.77
103,920.61
71,858. 1
119.056150
$357,843.11
Div idend No . 51 Feb, 1
March 8,. 1898;
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Statement showing Capuci ty, Price
Watt Loss of Thompson Watt Meter
Chemical Meters.
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY OP N. Y.
Mechanical Meter;
Capacity yiet- No. on
on ea.side Price System
7 1/2 amp. "(N. S.$15 .40 ’
(O.S. 14.00
15 " 20.00
Watt loss Watt loss
armatuie Field magnets
Circuit Full load
3-wire meters-
16 100 "
32 200 "
,48 300 "
,64 400 "
*80 500 "
196 600 "
1’12 700 "
Total
Total No • of Meter
1898. Electric Light - General Electric Company (D-98-16)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison’s involvement with the General Electric Co. Included are a letter
regarding a request from the Smithsonian Institution for a collection of
incandescent lamps; an item concerning the presentation to Edison of a "Z"
dynamo originally used on the S.S. Columbia-, and a report pertaining to a
proposed reduction of the company’s capital stock. There are also three letters
from the company’s Patent Department, addressed to attorney Richard N.
Dyer, in regard to Edison’s alternating-current application, case no. 220,800.
The 5 documents not filmed are meeting announcements and routine
letters concerning patents and financial matters.
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CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
of characteristic lamps, showing the decisive changes in manufacture
from the beginning, to the present time. This collection would
consist of about 17 lappa, and we have all of then here except the
following:
#1 Your paper horseshoe lamp
hull, #2'TAhm^b?0T0/5^?n loop-platlm,m screw clamps. Hand blown
.r,l/8 and 2" diameter', tapering to tip, rouns ■
stem, slightly concave at top. Hade 1880
Pactofv 1nStR80Sty^Q°ar?0tl1ancl.cla,nps as ‘ Bulb made at Glass
Side Vass al? ’wood “ “ ' pr888nt prpd'Uot but knots °«*-
of ntmf carbons as and #3. Clamps copper plated to top
ed .al'cap" 1882 S S&me &S #3‘ Plast6r base-large and heavy; round
#5^ Bamboo carbon loop. Hydro-Carbon deposited clamps.
Have.you any objections to allowing Mr. Deshler to look over
your stock and see if he can find the lamps we .want amongst them?
Thanking you in advance,
amps we .want amongst them?
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CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Peb..
2, 1898.
R. N. Dyer, Esq.,
31 Nassau St . ,
New York City.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Pish has forwarded us your letter of Dec. 24, 1897,
with instructions to confer with you direct, with regard to
Edison case Serial No. 220,800.
It seems to us that this is a pretty early date for an
Alternating Current application showing a two-wire system feeding
one side of a transformer, and a three-wire system fed from the
other side. We realize that the broad idea of tension reduction
interposed between the two-wire and three-wire system is to some
extent disclosed, at least so far as continuous-current devices
are concerned, by the former patent 287,516, to which reference
was made by the Office. We also realize that the case is handi¬
capped to some extent by the issue of patent No. 524,378, of
Aug. 14, 1894, with a single limited claim; how far this patent,
which is based on praotically the same disclosure, would, under
the decision in Miller versus the Eagle Manufacturing Company,
affect this application, is of course to be carefully considered.
It does seem to us that we should, either in the patent (the re-
R. N. D., 2,
issue of which we suppose is simply out of the question,— at least
we know nothing here that would justify the three and one-half
years* delay) , or in this application, get claims covering sub¬
stantially the feature of the single transformer having its pri¬
maries in a two-wire circuit and its secondaries feeding a three-
wire circuit, and the combination of two transformers with "their
primaries in the main circuit and their secondaries connected in
series and feeding a three-wire system. The first of these fea¬
tures is fairly disclosed in the patent, certainly not claimed in
it. It could hardly be claimed in this application, as the dis¬
closure does not seem to justify it. The second feature could be
claimed in the present case.
fe suggest for your consideration such claims as the follow*
nn,,^IIn/n ^mating-current system of distribution a
rtS«EsD“;r or ,r» ‘““a*- .
"In an alternating current system of die trfbuUon °ffeCad renV
having its outside conductors connected to the anrin '
CTrn8atinG conene^e0d°to ah
lniermeaiiit e point m the secondary coils, . • ■
In regard to the claims allowed, a copy of which was forwarded
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
R. N. D., 3.
with your letter of the 24th ult. to Mr. Fish, we think there
must be sane misunderstanding in regard to the facts in' the corres¬
pondence with Mr. Blodgett. Taking the present case out of the
Patent Office was recommended by him on the supposition that
Olaims 1 and 2 were to be in the case in the form in which they
were prior to the last amendment, that is, without the words “in
series" . We cannot understand why it should be your opinionthat
"this limitation does not change the claims materially". There
is not, so far as we know, a series transformer in use in the
United States to-day for power purposes or for lighting; the only
position in an electric system in which that sort of transformer
is used, is in indicating instruments of various kinds, where
such small energy as eight or ten watts is employed. In that
case a fine wire winding surrounds a single piece of heavy wire
and the transfer of energy is for all practical purposes infini¬
tesimal; power transformers with their primaries in series in
the line are impossible. We think that Mr. Blodgett would never
have assented to the change indicated. It seems to us that claims ’
on the line of those allowed might also be drawn, limited (as in
fact, ifis our opinion that • the whole case should be),- strictly
to alternating-current work. ■■■■•■
As; to the method of accomplishing the results indicated, we
would leave that of course to your experience. Something of a
showing- could, undoubtedly be made if you thought it best to attenpt
to withdraw the case from issue, on account of the death of Mr.
Blodgett after his letter to you, before the final amendment of
Folio - CENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
B N. D, , 4.
the claims, especially in view of the evident misunderstanding
between our department find you; but whether you would do this or
file a new application to take the place of this, formally aban¬
doning this on the record in favor of the new application, or al¬
lowing this to forfeit and be renewed and file . . an amendment with
the renewal, is for you to consider#
We realize that it may be impossible to accomplish all or
any part of the results aimed at, but it is our opinion that
these results are worth striving for by any legitimate means,
and that any necessary appeal should be taken, although in general
we feel that appeals from Mr. Seely's decisions are inadvisable,
as we believe him to beVair.
fe are sending a copy of this letter to Mr. lish so that
he will be prepared' to discuss the matter with you if you think
it advisable.
Yours very truly.
SCHENECTADY, N,Y, February 24, 1898.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Edison: -
We have recently received back the four "Z" dynamos
that you equipped the Steamship Columbia with in 1878 or 1879, I
forget which. These four dynamos have been in constant service
for very nearly 20 years and have' the original armature winding,
and some of them the original commutat ors . Our Mr. S. D. Greene,
General Manager of the lighting Dept ., before taking up Government
service, suggested to send one to you as a trophy, and I, myself,
thought you would be very glad to have it as a souvenir of your
earliest success in the manufacture of dynamos; all the more, as
it has such an elegant record of service rendered. The one that
we have sent you is #2, for which I enclose memorandum of shipment;
#1 1 have selected for the Trans -Mississippi Exhibition at Omaha,
and #3 for the Smithsonian Institute. You will remember that
these were next to the dynamo that you sent to the "Jeannette";
the first ones we have built .
Trusting that the receipt of the machine may please you, I
CAUTION.
[ENCLOSURE]
| Bill for this Shipment will be mailed to you from our General Office at Schenectady.
! Memorandum of Shipment. No
j! | Made by THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. liovo.
ml From Schenectady, N. Y„ ’ j„no 4th, inci
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|| Requisition No.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Schenectady, N. Y., July n, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the General
Electric Company will be held on Wednesday, the 10th day of August, A. D. 1898, at
12 o’clock' noon, at the office of the Company in the City of Schenectady, County of
Schenectady, N. Y., for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to reduce the capital
stock of said Company from the present amount thereof, consisting of 304,600 shares
of common stock of the par value of $100 each, and 42,520 shares of preferred stock of
the par value of $100 each, to $20,827,200, to consist of 182,760 shares of common stock •
of the par value of $100 each and 25,512 shares of preferred stock of the par value of
$100 each.
GORDON ABBOTT,
OLIVER AMES,
C. A. COFFIN,
T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, Jr.,
C. H. COSTER,
THOMAS. A. EDISON,
GEORGE P. GARDNER,
EUGENE GRIFFIN,
F. S. HASTINGS,
H. L. HIGGINSON,
J. PIERPONT MORGAN,
R. T. PAINE, 2ND,
GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY,
The Directors of General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N. V., July ii, 1898.
To the Stockholders of the
■ General Electric Company:
At the last annual meeting of stockholders, held May.ioth, 1898, the stockholders passed the.
following vote:
“ Resolved, that the interests of the stockholders require that im'jr proper or necessary adjustment of the hn-
pairment of the capital of the Company should he promptly made, with a view to the early resumption of dividends."
At that meeting your Directors stated that while other values 'werd in their opjnioti conser¬
vatively fixed,' a revaluation of patents; franchises and good will (which have been kept on "iW
books at substantially $8,o66,ooo"Since the organization of the Company) should be considered at
the proper time. - •••
Your Directors are advised by counsel that in consequence of the impairment of its capital, the
Company is forbidden by the laws of New York' to pay any dividend whatever until the amount of
such impairment shall Tia^e been regained, or until the nominal or share capital stock shall have been
reduced to the amount of the actual capital. . • ,;v • -•
Under existing New York law, the nominal or share capital of the. Company may be reduced
at any time by a vote of a majority in interest of all the stockholders, and counsel advise that if any
reduction be made the common and preferred shares must be reduced alike.
In view of all the foregoing, your Directors regard it their duty to urge the stockholders to make
at once such reduction of the nominal or share capital as shall permit the payment of dividends upon
both classes of stock with the least practicable delay.
Appended is the consolidated balance sheet of the Company of January 31, 1898 (being the
close of the last fiscal year), as it appears in the last annual report of the Company. Your Directors,
being of the opinion that the valuation at which patents, franchises and good will were carried in this
balance sheet— namely, $8,000,000— was excessive, and that the fair and reasonable value of this
item is the sum of $4,000,000, have by resolution directed this item to be reduced to that amount
upon the books of the Company as of June 30, 1898. Taking into account the estimated earnings of
the Company to August 10, 1898, your Directors believe that a reduction of the share capital of the
Company as of August 10, 1898, to sixty per cent, of its present amount would make the share capital
of the Company substantially equal to the amount of the net assets which will then be on hand over and
will then be applicable to the payment of accrued dividends on the preferred stock and future dividends
on both classes of stock.
Your Directors request the stockholders of the Company to attend a special meeting to be
held at the office of the Company, at Schenectady, N. Y., on the tenth day of August, 1898, for the
purpose of voting upon a proposition to reduce the Company's share capital to sixty per cent, of its
present amount as set forth in the accompanying notice. After such reduction each stockholder will
hold, for each five shares of stock which he now holds,' three shares of the reduced stock of the same
class. Your Directors recommend that such reduction of the share capital of the Company to sixty
per cent, of its present amount be made.
Stockholders who favor the proposed reddction op the capital stock, but are
UNABLE TO BE PERSONALLY PRESENT AT SUCH MEETING, ARE ASKED TO SIGN AND RETURN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY AT ONCE IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, ADDRESSED , T.0 M. F. WESTOVER,
Schenectady, N. Y.
By order, of the Board of Directors,
. ......... . .. C. A. COFFIN,
President.
M. F. WESTOVER,
General Electric Company, Consolidated Balance Sheet of January 31, 1898.
Mr. E. N. Dyer,
31 Nassau St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
After carefully going over the matter, we have come
to the conclusion that the Edison case S. N. 220800 should be
allowed to become abandoned.
Yours very truly,
1898. Exhibitions (D-98-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
electrical and industrial exhibitions in the United States. Included are letters
regarding the exhibition of Edison electrical apparatus at the Trans-Mississippi
and International Exposition and an exhibit of the Edison ore concentrating
process at the Philadelphia Electrical Exposition.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence requesting Edison’s participation in an exhibition; letters
regarding equipment loans.
Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
Department of Exhibits
Mr. Thomas Edison,
Orange, U.J.
Lincoln, -Sma-hatNeb. March 1, 1898.
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My dear Sir,- *
I writs to bog that you lend us some of the pieces of '
apparatus with whioh you have worked in the development of the various
applications of Eleotrioity with whioh your name is associated. 1 ap¬
preciate very fully, I hope, the spirit whioh has inspired your work
and I know your general disinclination to make any show of self on oc¬
casions like the present, but Expositions are nothing if not educa¬
tional, and in this light T trust you will view the above request. Any
exhibit of the various pieces of apparatus whioh you have used in in¬
vestigations now become historio, will in my opinion, have a higher
interest and greater educational value than any other exhibit, which we
oould obtain. Mr. Martin and others, I believe, have approached you
in this oonneotion.
That you have little time for matters of this kind, I appreciate,
but if you will indicage that you will lend us some of your apparatus,
X will oome on at once, prepare the exhibit with you, relieve you of
all labor in connection with it, and.- return same to you without ex¬
pense or trouble at the end of the Exposition.
Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
Department of Exhibits
Hoping you will consider this request, favorably and that X may
hear from you shortly in this regard, I have the honor to bo,
Very respectfully yours,
& <B. liVw
Director Bureau Electricity.
Address C/o The University of Nebraska,
Lincoln.
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Trans-Mississippi^ International Exposition
^tr- ’';,;DE PA RTME NT OF EXHIBITS
W'V Lincoln, - -Omaha.. N eb . March ai, 1«;«>.
i\ fr b~., - rl ' Jr’
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, ^ I f J
Or?in?o, UaTf Jersey, '
My dear Sir,-
I have yoS|a'iVv’or
f* iw. ^4/ j
wf «ifl "1t
ot . ‘"V-zyzt
auisf at p-ho last Paris Exposition^ but ^
• experience with apparatus! s
assure you every possible car\# will bo taken in the evejg|gjf you/ lend¬
ing us anything of a similar kind, that a liko experience does not
Indeed your name is so closely connected in the minds of both en¬
gineers and the public with advancement of electrical science, that un¬
less we have some pieces is>r your apparatus, i shall disappoint a vast
number of people. As I said before, I will come to your laboratory at
any time convenient to you, to colloct such apparatus as you may care
to let us have, ship and return the same to you without breakage, with
no trouble to you. Particularly, I would like to have a model of your
magnetic ore separating machine. May I hope you will give the matter
further consideration. Without an exhibit by you wo will be minus
one of our chief educational features. Realizing the immense demands
upon your time, I do not ask for a largo amount of material, but do
please let us have something.
Address c/o University of Nebraska, ^ ^ r°'’)'CH',':t'ia iy yours, ^ ^
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, ROOM 2, 1308 ARCH ST.
Mr* Thotoas A. Edison,
orange, N, J.
My deai* Edison:-
I sent you the Phonograph cylinder to which 1 referred
and which 1 hope you will enjoy listening to.
Referring to our verbal interview in regard to the matter
of the Ore Concentrating Process, Mr. Martin advises me that he is
having a model built for the New Yorie Electrical show, illustrating
the separation of the Ore and has promised me the same,
X have been turning my attention to the matter of the
Kinetoscope and have decided that ire should particularly take up
War' scenes. Military and Naval, and such thines as machinery in
motion. What chance is there to get some views from your Ore Min¬
ing Plant scenes*
I do not think we oare to attract a class of people who
would demand of us skirt dancer# and that eort of thing. Would
it be treepassing to# much on yotir good nature to have your Secre¬
tary give me a letter to Mr* Maguire?
ARTHUR ORGAN, Supt,
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, ROOM 2, 1308 ARCH ST.
HIBITION OPENS Jl
PHILADELPHIA, .
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Laboratory, Orange, H. J.
My Dear Edison,-
I thank you vee'y much indeed for the photograph
which you have sent to me, and like it bettor than any I have seen.
The pleasant expression upon it must have been caused by the read¬
ing of some pleasant story upon a phonographic cylinder'.
Will it be too much trouble to ask you to dictate a
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WM. D. MARKS, Director, A. A. LOWRY. Treasurer. GUY KING, Architect.
ARTHUR FALKENAU, Consulting Enc'r. ARTHUR ORGAN, Surt.
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION,
BUSINESS OFFICES, CENTRE OF BUILDING,
818 & 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
EXHIBITION OPENS
JUNE 6, 1898. PHILADELPHIA, _ . 1898.
Mr. Francis R. Upton,
Edison's Lat&atory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Upton:
We have allotted a space eigit by ten to the Edison Ore
Concentrating process. This will give you a wall ten feet wide
and nine feet high. I will be much obliged if you will have sent
to us anything of interest explanatory of the Edison Ore Concen¬
trating process.
I think I have written to you already to say that we shall
bo glad to pay your traveling expenses and hotel bill for three or
four days at the opening, and Trill be very much obliged to you in¬
deed for your kind attention.
Yours very truly.
Homer* ©ring that you are one of the parties t*o re¬
commended Hr. Luther Stleringor to me as the proper party for the
position of Consulting Electrical Engineer for the Trans-Mississippi
and International Exposition, and fooling highly gratified with his
services, I deem it proper to v/rite to you to that effect.
In writing this letter I do it feeling that it is due Ur.
Stioringer that I acquaint his friends with the able manner in which
he has handled our electrical illuminations. We jgeel that it is one
of the groatest features of our Exposition and can only bo appreciated
by seeing it. In fact, it is we think, superior to the electrical
lighting at Chicago .
Assuring you of my high regard, I am.
1898. Expanding Pulley (D-98-18)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents regarding the
technical and commercial development of an expanding pulley for variable-
speed gears in motor cars. Most of the letters are by Charles M. Johnson, co¬
inventor of the pulley, and pertain to the patenting and marketing of the
invention.
All the documents have been filmed.
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PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE MARKS ACTS 1883 TO 1888.
FORM B
PROVISIONAL SPEOIPIOATION
" IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO DRIVING PULLEYS."
We, THOMAS ALVA EDISON of Orange, New Jersey, United
States of America, Scientist, and CHARLES M. JOHNSON, of
Denmark House, Grove Hill Road, Redhlll, in the County
of Surrey, England, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to driving pulleys of
variable effective diameters, its object being to
provide an improved construction of such devices by
which the change in the effective diameter of a pulley
or of a pair of pulleys forming a variable speed gear
may be effected without causing the driving belt or band
to change its alignment, that is to say, if the band is
caused to travel axially during the variation of the r
pulley diameter, it does so substantially parallel to.
itself.
By one construction according to this invention a
pulley is • formed by c ons.truc.t ing.ja ..cage-life framework
of flexible ties carried between suitable supports upon
the driving axle, the said framework forming the driving
circumference of the pulley, and_mearis are provided by
which the ties are caused to sag more', or less between
the supports, the axial position of the driving belt
remaining unaltered.
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By another construction according to this invention
a pair of expanding pulleys is employed, one driven from
the other, and so arranged feat one is caused to expand
when the other contracts'^ and vice versa.
Each pulley of the pair is formed of two conical
cage-like structures mounted on a common shaft, and
having the ties of the one intercalated- between the
ties of the other the conicities of the two members
being opposed.
One member of one pulley is, according to this
invention, so connected by any suitable linkage or
gearing with one member of the other pulley that, when
one of the connected members is moved axially to vary
the effective diameter of the expanding pulley of which
it forms part, the other connected member moves so as to
vary, in the opposite sense, the effective diameter of.
the pulley of which it forms part, and further so that
the angle, usually a right angle, which the belt makes
with the two shafts is not varied.
One construction of expanding pulley and one
construction of a pair of pulleys according to this
Invention will now be described by way of example;
Two discs may be rigidly mounted on a common shaft
and the ends of a set of flexible ties secured to one
disc at or near its circumference, and the ties passed
over pulleys or through holes at or near the circumfer¬
ence of the other disc and secured to a sleeve upon- .the
aforementioned shaft. By sliding this sleeve along the
shaft the ties may be more or less tightly stretched
between the discs and the effective, diameter of the
pulley varied'.
A pair of pulleys according- to this invention to
provide a variable velocity ratio between two shafts
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may be formed by mounting upon each shaft two conical
pulleys of opposed conicities so combined as to form
one expanding pulley. This may be effected by construc¬
ting each conical pulley of a cage-like structure and
intercalating the ties or bars of one structure between
those of the other.
One member, of each expanding pulley is secured to
the shaft and the other member is capable of axial
motion along the shaft, the two movable members of the
pair being connected by a lever by which one is moved
in a direction which will expand the pulley of which
it forms part, when the other is moved so as to contract
the pulley of which it forms part, and vice versa, the
point of contact of the driving band with one pulley
moving axially at the same rate agf. its point of contact
and in the same direction with the other pulley.
This device must be modified when an open belt
or band is used so that one expanding pulley shall
change its diameter at such a rate in comparison with
the change in the diameter of the other pulley that the
belt remains always tight unless there be no objection
to the employment of a belt-tightener.
Dated this 8th. day of July, 1898.
[ENCLOSURE]
DESCRIPTION OP EXPANDING PULLEY j
VARIABLE SPEED GEAR.
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Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing
wherein Pig. 1,2 & 3 are elevations and Pig. 4 a plan.
In Pig. 4, A, A are two conical parts which together
form a V grooved pulley suitable for rope driving, the . j
parts a, a1 being the two similar parts of the fellow pulley
of the pair which act reciprocally in expanding And contract- )
ing as they may be adjusted for the purpose of varying their \
effective diameters.
The pulley A, A as shewn in full lines represents it I
at its minimum effective diameter the part A being at one
of its extreme position^, while the part a1, of the fellow
pulley is at the other extreme giving that pulley its full
effective diameter.
The boss B from which the bars of the part A"*- project
is fast to its shaft while the boss 0, from which the bars
of the part A project is free to slide along the shaft on a
feather and is prolonged through the back cone D and termin¬
ates in a free ring Junction with the joint plate E so that
it can be slid along the shaft.
In the case of the fellow pulley the part, a1 is adjust- ./
\ able on a father and is operated similarily to and moves
together with A while the part a is fixed. The other ex¬
treme- positions of the sliding parts of the cones are in¬
dicated by the dotted figures A2, a2.
The adjustment of the parts is effected by means of the
' double wipers E,f, mounted upon the weigh-shaft G and oper¬
ated by means of any suitable lever such as H.
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For the purpose of tightening the rope the position
of the axis of the pulley A, A1 is variable about the
centre of the motor shaft x. To permit of this adjustment
the wiper F, is free to slide on a feather in the weigh-shaft |
Q, while the wiper f is fast thereto, so that the distance
of centres of the pulley shaft may be varied. And, the
weigh-shaft is slung by the wipers F,f, to the pulley
shafts so that it is free to adjust itself in the plain
of rotation of the pulleys about the shaft axis I; the
step-guides J & K determining its movements in the one
plain in which it also bodily rises and falls as the wipers
are vibrated in the operation of varying the effective
diameters of the pulleys.
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Thomas A. Edison,, Dteq-. t
Orange,
New Jersey, U.fc.A.
Dear Mr. Edison,
I am ta-«Mia>C of your, letter, with the signature to
the documents I W you, and J have handed the ^ to Messrs. "
Boult & Wade, the Patent Attorneys- for the Scottish Joint Stock
Trust, by whom they .nrjB -receiving attention.
You will remeVdber I a3ked yM, when I saw you in June,
if you could not bring -out an Invention for taking the fusil otl
out of whiskey. '/ojz^aid yoy thought it cqpld fed done. Perhaps
it can be done by 3d? oxy ge» alond. 1 Shall be glad if you
Will, look into this, -because one of the gentlemen connected with
the Scottish Joint jrm% MV. *W an invention of
this kind, saying that d.*t can be placed.
As regards tjte invention, "Expanding Pulleys for Motor
Cars," I shall certainly^ the Motor car running next month,
and shall give you full information regarding the- earns,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq .
I shall he ,
With kindest regards •
(2).
glad to hear from you at any time,
yourself and family,
Yours faithfully,
ffojjgjotf ifth €ninf#hifkfmi!
2nd . Ho.v.iimbe.K, .. '/& 8
JT.C. /
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
Hew Jersey, U.S.A.
Dear Mr. Edison, /
I have seen Mr. Hernfan Dick this morning, and' have
given him all particulars re^Motor.
I have also told /him about the price that we shall
be able to get for our Patent on the Motor, and I have put it
in for £10,000 sterling. j This is the amount you will receive,
and I hope it will be eijfcirely paid in cash. You will note
that this amount comes to you direct, and I do not receive any¬
thing out of it, but I /am to receive someth«L]rg“f(Jii^my%atents
alone. /
It will be /necessary for you to prepare an assignment
of these Patents, including the English, French, German, Belgian
and feus sian, and have that deposited with some Bank in London,
so tha^o when the jnoney is paid, the assignment can be taken over
by the C&nipany. J _
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I understand from the Scottish Joint Stock Trust that
this should be done i
and I will send you a form of the
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assignment hy next steamer.
Enclosed I send you Patent Powers of Attorney for
Austria, Prance, Belgium, Russia and Germany. It will be
necessary for you to hav, the Power of Attorney acknowledged
before the Hotary Public and Austrian Consul for Austria - the
same for the Russian Power of Attorney, but a copy of the Russian
Power of Attorney must be left with the Russian Consul in Hew York.
I hope within the next week or ten days to report to you
the success of the Motor, and will send you on photographs as
soon as possible. I do not think we need' have any fear about the
successful operation of u
Please bear in mind that the French, Belgium and German
Powers of Attorney need not be taken before either Hotary or
Consul, and you car. simply sign and return.
Hoping you and your family are quite well,
Yours faithfully,
6 Enel.
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GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON LABORATORY,
Edison, Sussex Co., N. J., NovOTber 18thli898
My dear Mr Dick:-
Enclosed I herewith hand you letter from Mr Charles
M Johnson and blank Powers of Attorney signed by Mr Edison for
Austria, France, Belgium and Sermany.
>.iao we herewith return the °ower of Attorney for
Russia, which the Consul in New, York would certify because the
papers are in blank. Mr Rci son says if you will have a dupli0ate
filled out covering the requirenente of the Russian Consul he will
sign it. Mr Edison also says that you fully understand this matter
and he looke to you to thoroughly investigate it and if you find
everything satisfactory to then deliver the Powers of Attorney to
Mr Johnson, returning to us at Orange, N. J. Mr Johnson's later
for our files.
Everyth ing moving along here as well as could be expeote
mills running steadily, one by one we are overcoming the troubles
caused by our sr een men and the little defects in our macliin ery, so
far there lias been no single serious bug developed.
Yours very truly,
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Mr.. EdiBOn, _ ,, _ g> Im pSPial WopKs,^
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Dear';Mr Edison,
The Motors are not yet ready to run on the road, hut
will certainly have them running on or about Jan. 1/99. and until
then I cannot say absolutely that it is a success, but I can now
say that all the machine work will be done this week, and that it
is about as near right as human skill can get it, without making
a test.
I have had some' sharp words With N. E. Redd the
Manager of the Scottish Joint pttiiik Tru^t Ltd., he insists that
hiS Company have a right to use' your name, even Without your
consent. X- have notified J. S. Morgan & Co., of London. "That
they were not to part with the assignment under a,ny conditions'
until after they had been notified by you and by me so to do"
X am in receipt of a letter from them stating 'that I
should communicate with you, so please cable J.SVMorgan & Co., to
wait for instructions, and then you write them fully, •
There i3 an English Company that waits to purchase
this Patent,/
And wants to purchase my Patents some twenty in number,
and I want to- say to you, that we are going to have the' best
Motor Gar, that has ever turned a wheel.
The Scottish Joint Stock Trust Ltd. contract with me,
expires by option on Peb. 24/99, and unless they comply with the'
terms, they will have to pay you more than £10, 000-0-0d, for/; out!
Patent, and they may try to put down the £10,000-0-0d. in cash in
theihands of J^S. Morgan & Co. get possession Of the Assignment, and
not even: wait for me to have a test of the Miator Car to see that
everything is all right, but try to -use it against me.
It is hard to get a crowd of men' together here without
finding a Judas among them, and I simply want to have ey^ry thing
in such shape- so that they cannot get" the best of us in fny way.
If these men The Scottish Joint Stock Trust Lt£, do not.
dome up to the mark, there ^are other-s, and they know it.
Enclosed. I send you J.s. Morgan & Co. letter to me, I
■wfould have cabled you, but I want to post you, and then you cable
them after receiving my letter.
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1898. Glcnmont (D-98-19)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison’s home in
Llewellyn Park. There are only 2 items for 1898. Both are letters from S. D.
Willard & Co. regarding landscaping at Glenmont.
Both documents have been filmed.
Tl)OOt Af Edison, Esq, ,
Orange , N. J.
Dear f?ir!
Your replace stock has gone forward via D.L.& W.R.R.,
addressed to yourself at Orange, N.J. Kindly notify us upon its
arrival.
Very respectfully,
S.D. WILLARD & CO,,
per G.
It was so late when your order came it was hard work
for us to secure such Crimson Rambler Bushes as we desired you
to have. Row, my dear sir, do you wish us to refund the money, or
will we send you two bushes free of charge next Rail ? We want
you satisfied. Enclosed find stamped return envelope for reply.
Has Mr. Edison recai ved his Hedge yet ?
Very respectfully,
S.D. WILLARD & CO.,
per G.
Diotated-H.
1898. Mining - General (D-98-20)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Included are documents regarding the business of the
Edison Iron Ore Concentrating Co., Edison’s interest in the Ortiz gold mine
in New Mexico, operations at the Ogden mine, and foreign ore milling
matters. There is also one letter concerning a proposed visit by Edison to
various Portland cement plants in Pennsylvania. Many of the documents have
extensive Edison marginalia.
All the documents have been filmed.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
I got fey third hand tho nforinaticm that Booth, Garret &
Blair 'nave found cobalt in the pig iron ne.de at Oatasnuqim from
your briquettes, and also that you wished no to know or this, and
what the effect of cobalt was on iron. It so happened that the
very same day I had a report fr-a our chemist that wo had found
.035 of 1 per cent, of cobalt and nickel combined. Tho amount
was so small that it was Impossible to separate the two and find
out the relative proportions of each, but I have seen the borax
bead showing the presence of cobalt, which bend contained whatever
nickel was present, and from the indications by the color
it would seem that the precipitate was almost altogether cobalt, with
very little nickel. I find stated in Howe ' s metallurgy of Steel
that nickel and cobalt are frequently present in cast iron, though
rarely if ever in important amount, and are retained when it is
converted into wrought iron and steel; and he gives the following
paragraph on the effect of cobalt:
”B. Cobalt. — Of the effects of cobalt on iron we have still
"less knowledge. Billings found ingot iron with .33 cobalt
"(but otherwise almost perfectly pure) solid, tough and de-
"cidodly weak when Bold, and somewhat redshort . As It con¬
tained no manganese its redshortness may have boon due to
"what we call oxygenation. Alloys or 53.39 and 12.97#
"cobalt, with 46.71 and 87.21# iron respectively, made in
"Percy's laboratory wero brittle. Hot iron absorbs vapor,
"evolving it whan heated in vaotio."
The reference to Billings is to some experiments made at
Bouth Boston, a great many years ago. You will find these experi¬
ments in Vol.V of the Transactions of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers. Mr. Billings amused himself by trying all sorts
of combinations of iron with different elements that he thought
might possibly have some effect on steel, and bis work is occasion¬
ally referred to today, although his results were almost altogether
negative. I do not know that Hadfield,in England, has ever exper¬
imented on cobalt. He is preeminently the one who has done most, in
the way of special alloys. Further than this information, I do not
know where to look for anything about the effect of cobalt; we have
never done anything with it here. The amount present as determined
by us is very small; and the information given by Billings and the
other references of Ho we, would not seem to justify any conclusion
that it was of any particular benefit.
Trusting that this will be of use to you, I am.
Yours truly.
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Dear Sir:— I trust you will pardon the liberty I take of
addressing you upon a matter which if solved would materially
benefit this Western country. Agra at many attempts have* been
made to construct hydro-carbon furnaces for the reduction of ores./^
Experiments have been made with a view of usin^ super-heated steam
and ordinary oiX , but up to the present time nothin has been dis¬
covered in the line of fire brick what will withstand this kind of
heat . it has bean suggested that perhaps you could solve this
problme by making a asbestos brick which would be sufficiently
durable ani at the same time withstand the heat generated by this
process . This system of reducing ores is sought to be 'applied
at the mine for matting purposes . If you could invent and con¬
struct a furnace which could be purchased at a low price I believe
you would do the raining industry of this Country a great service
md open an avenue of great profit to yourself.
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Dear Sir:-
Maroh 7th« 1898.
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I notice in Volume XV111, of the Transactions of thd_
American Institute of Mining Engineers, that Mr. Prank C. Smith
mentions in a paper, entitled » A proposed Method for Working Telia
rides «, that you stated, that if tellurium could be produced cheap¬
ly and in quantity, you could use considerable of it.
In treating copper electrolytically, we are able to
separate tellurium in such a manner tha t we could place it on the
market for very much less than it ever has been sold for in the
past. If you are still interested in this matter, I would be
very much pleased to hear from you.
Yours very truly,
C'/l14sx f
HOTEL. ' CECIL,
THOMAS A. EDISON, Esq.,
Orange,
New Jersey.
My dear Sir,
STRAND. W.C.
March 11/98.
I have had one interview with Mr.Porbes, and he seemed very
pleased to see me, being such an admirer of youv He asked me to tell
you that anything in his power that he can do would be gladly forth¬
coming.
.1 have not yet received the boxes, so that I cannot make a
demonstration, but I presume they are on the "Paris", which is now
several days overdue.
I have received a letter from some member of the household
of Sir Henry Bessemer, saying that he is at present most critically
ill, but as soon as he is able to see me he will do so. I have gone
slow with some of these other names, as I want to be sure they are the
people we will finally want to be- interested with us.
I hope to receive the photograph and also any further in¬
formation you can give ms.
I am in the best of health and am well pleased with this
proposition.
• These general letters I am forwarding to Orange, but when¬
ever anything especially private is to be communicated, I will send
as you advised.
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HOTEL CECIL,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq-,
Orange,
New Jersey.
My dear Sir,
<VND, W.
L8/98.
C.
I presume that you have noticed in the daily press the
death of Sir Henry Bessemer. He had been filing for some time and
since the death of his wife, (about one year ago) has been in feeble
health. I shall try and attend the funeral. I am sorry it was not
possible for me to deliver your message.
X will call on Dennison Penderyin a general way and
explain to him what X am here for.
I trust you received the "Statist" that I sent you, which
fully explains the condition of the iron market and its requirements.
This article appears at an opportune time for us. I am glad to
note from Mr. Mallory's letter that the mill has been running so
steadily and. successfully.
▼1th best wishes,
I am,
Yours sincerely,
( BALTIMORE COPPER WOR KS )
OmCK-KEYSER BUILDING,-.;,- GERMAN & CALVERT STREET!
March 18th, 1898.
ws/s/mere'.
Mr, T..om«s A. Edison ,
Edison, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 1,(3 th instant is duly at hand, and
I note contents of same carefully. We will look into the matter
fully and see if it is possible for us to produce tellurium for
$2.00 per pound. In the meantime I would like to know how much
it you could use if we could make it for this price.
Hoping to hear from you in the near future, I remain,
Your 8 very truly.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.,
Dear Mr. Edison
Gen'l William J. Palmer of Colorado Springs,
Colo., President of the Rio Grande Western Railway Co., who has
had, as you know, very long experience in the western country,
is now here, and will be until the 10th of April. • Are you
likely to be in the city during the next f ew days, or would it
be agreeable to you for me to arrange to have you meet Gen'l
Palmer at luncheon, or possibly at dinner in the evening, so
that he might have a little talk with you with reference to
your proposition for getting the gold out of the dry placer
ores. It is a matter of very considerabe interest, and it
might be that you could fit it in with your many engagements.
I was very glad to hear from my brother that, when
you were in Brooklyn a few weeks since, you told them that your
new lamp was very near at hand. I trust that since then the
/ progress has been considerable in the direction of completing
your work.
I am,
Very truly yout
6 Mr
HOTEL CECIL,
STRAND. W.C.
'ifer'ia ist lags
Thomas A. Edison, Hsq.,
Orange ,
New Jersey.
My dear Sir,
I have nothing Bp'ecial to report to-day
satisfied with the outlook and everything is going p
now awaiting the arrival of a surveyor, and 1 hope/to be able
in a vary short time after he has commenced historic to be certain
of what we now have reason to ekpect regarding the large deposits
of magnatite . / s'f* -
Trusting all is going well witj/ypu and with best
wished. /
Sincerely yoursy
No. 4 Hanover Street.
r : Yo r k, Ape i 1 2nd . •. 1898 . ■
l'ha "Strat|iclyd3»[a] arrived from. ah'mbur.g. recently: and landed a! vary
.' largo . number. . of. Bags ;.of Boa t root Sugar ; [granulated] a tainsd . by . dust- from.
; Manganese:. Ore:.- “tS J^/?
On- the- voyage the cargo:shi ffcad by .str^o of jeittor and some Casks of V“
bagging thorn to. look, n
were sifted over the- B^ga. of .Sugar, /
: and making thorn unma&ka'n'tabla’.in’
Ono of the Marino Insurance : Companies that I represent insured a' lot of
2240 Bags, of which 898 Bag3 have suffered damage to the. Sugar, by . reason- of
-Manganese:. dus.t haying si-f tad through tha outar and . inner . bag, moat . of thorn. only
yory slightly and on’ tha surface, immadiatoly under the. bags.'
Thera are other lots of Sugar insured . in other . Companies of footed . the
same way.’
IT-, has" ii'eon suggested to~ms’ that', i-t- might -be posaibla' Bo-duo[i~th88'9.7ba'gs™r
and pass tha Sugar, under the influence of powerful. electric magnets, and jn. that •
way draw out. all thsi manganese dust,’ leaving . the’ Sugar pure- and whi to and sound.’
I; write to- ask if you : think this is practicable’, and if 30, can it be
done a-t a reasonable price?’ the. value :of the Sugar .i3 §%<t per lb.-
I; understand you have devised some. such, process for . separating ores, . and '
thor.a-fota-: this .nat tar has ...been-. thought a !.• .1: do-.not ; knovr.vrhathor this sys-tam
has baon- pu t.. i nto\ practicable-, o pa rat Lon-, or .whether there. is .any; plant: as ta.V
lished ;for the: .purpose-. •
If net giying.you too. ouch trouble, would you:, please .give.ita. tha.informa-
. t ion. I;. an 3aakiag, with the-: hope o.f finding, soma v/a'y . tovdaal with the: damaged
■Sugar,, so- 3h,to-.9ffa6t:a^pn^oP3bia7sa7ini;;bf :SShoyZ;;!: " ; - - -
T*ele qramb i “ FILTERED,"
jfsiryi Memorandum.
From DAVID OWEN,
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-WiV Jersey Iron ores -$rA thqt the making o$ the fi^e ora Into
^briqu&ttea present* wm diYf faulty . If th\g ^ ep, should, be ®ted.
to h&aT vtrbin y ou, d.s to what a really gqod,, aheap, $ suoeeMfuii
proceeds tor e^rtddrting finpir ran ora into strong briquettes -would.
.J*# mprth p,#r ton epnyppted tp yqu.
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Thomas A. Edison, 31stj .
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i rock thaff'Ts vary hard? Hjrfw-aiways
Can you gi’
Electric Prill, as to its working ii! rock t
thought, you were the leading electric man of this country and I notice
it was advertised you were using the Ingersoll Prill for rock work
in place of Electric Prills and as I am connected with some folks in
",’yoming that are developing a piece of property there, they asked me
to write to you and get your opinion as to which is the best for hard
rock work.
Hoping to be favored with a reply, I remain,
Yours truly
Oh as . Van Sickel
-;'-v371 Irving Ave.
Chicago, Ill
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oear Sir:-
I have a patent just granted for converting feric oxide into magnetio
oxide. I have tried it with success both on the the red and brown ores.
The process is as follows: heat the powdered ore in an air tight ves-
sel^to a. point slightly before fusing and allow it to cool with the
air excluded, and the feric oxide, is entirely converted into a magnetic
oxide. In this way the conversion is complete without the necessity of
a reducing gas. After the ore is rendered magnetic it is then ready
for a magnetic ore separater. Will you be kind eneough to send me some
printed matter descriptive of your separater and give me the terms up¬
on which I might use it?
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Wbrkp . If such is the ptjse., I hope you will favor me wi^h with the
opportunity of entertaining you as my guest . I am anxious to
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R^* Y.ours truly.
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1898. Mining - Mines and Ores (D-98-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mines and ores to be bought, sold, worked, or tested. Many of the letters
were written in response to reports of Edison’s interest in developing a
separation process for gold ore. Most of the items selected for filming
received a significant response from Edison.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. Some of
the unfilmed letters contain marginal notes by Edison requesting samples of
ores or noting that the mine was unsuitable.
LABORATORY Ai
1ENRY C. DEMMINQ,
658 Long Dtetiuico Telephone, >
Friend Edison:
Harrisburg, Pa., March 12, 1898.
Hold on to the molybdenite. Tt may go to *1 a pound within
three months, and you may as well have the benefit.
A Frenchman has discovered that molybdenum, with vanadium and
uranium, mixed with steelj makes it much more impregnable than the
harveyizod steel. I am semi~offlo.ially informed that the French
government have adopted the new comp/fand, are going to use it on
their war vessels, and already have agents in this country purchas¬
ing all the minerals they can containing these elements.
One of the agents is now in Idaho for molybdenite; but the de¬
posit there is uncertain. So are the deposits elsewhere; but with
a better proppeet of a large quantity at your place than any I know
of any where in the world. As you know, it can be mined only once,
and you may as well have the full benefit.
I did not observe any vanad%nite or uraninite, or g ,, at
your place, but they all occur s^p on the same trend elsew^here,
and may be found in y0ur deposit. It is possible that all these
minerals may have entered into your briquettes, and led to the
toughening of the iron . T did not look for any of them in the ex¬
aminations I made, as I thought the others reported upon covered
the ground sufficiently.
Faithfully yours.
Cnt>S\ ,,,
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(COPY)
Messrs. Hanson Bros
City
Montreal April 1. 1898
Dear Sirs . : -
I have made very careful tests of the sample of iron
ore received from you on the 25th. ult .
I. The ore was crushed, and carefully seperated into two portions
one .M&CTet.iQ, _ the other non-magnet, ic .
The_mannetio portion amounted to 78.7055 of the whole
the _non-mafrnetia making Up the balance.
II. The jm-aappetio portion was first analyzed and found
to yield.
Metallic Iron 36.7555
Titanic Acid 44.62
III. The magnetic portion was next analyzed and found to contain.
Metalic Iron 61,2955
Titanic Acid 7.1455
IV. The conclusions to be drawn from above are, X regret to say
that the ore is not amenable to electrical or magnetic seperation.
It would not be possible on a large scale to make as careful a
seperation as I made here in the Laboratory. Even with careful
laboratory seperation the magnetic portion still contains
7.14 Titanic Acid whioh is equivalent to 4.2355 Titanium. An ore '
containing such a percentage of Titanium could not be satisfac-
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other ores .
In conclusion I may add that all work on the samples
has been done in duplicate. I was disappointed to find so much
titanium in the magnetic portion and to make sure figures were
correct I made tests a second time. This will account for delay
in reporting these samples.
I am, dear Sirs
Yours faithfully
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N. J.
Dear I Mr. Edison:-
I arrived home a week ago and am taking active means
to get the Gold Ore Reduction proposition in some tangible shape.
I noticed your draftsman at Edison had a blue print of the
model of works which you made for the New Jersey Zinc Company and I
would be obliged if you would have him mail a copy of it to me.
The proposition outlined to you by me appears to be attractive
to some of my associates and I shall collect the information needed on
this end as fast as I can.
1 will send the box of ore to you some time next week.
I am, yours respectfully,
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I have charge of the CONSTITUTION'S mining news department'
and have had every oportunity to familiarize myself with the
southern mineral field. When this interview was published , I be-
r&n to sift from the hundreds of properties in the soft. or sapro-
lite belt , the most attractive and to more closely investigate
the best.
If you think of coming into this field T would be pleased to
Atlanta, Ga. - J89 _
.Hive you any information jn my power because I realize what it
will mean to the south if our low /trade cold properties can be
operated at a reasonable profit.
T have never announced in the Constitution even the sub¬
stance of the interview because if it were thought you were after
a property , the price would be raised on you.
I have in mind one proposition which stands out among the
others conspicuously- a soft belt Which pans for a width of 300
feet and for 7800 feet in lencth on one property. An assay of
the average for TOO feet across in the cut where it is being
worked, went ST . 40 per ton. One quartz vein , 7 ft thick , "in
this belt , assayed §8 for the averace. Another vein in the same
belt , 5 ft thick , quartz , assayed §3.20 per ton.
The ditch supplies .800 minors inches of water or 30,000 gal¬
lons per minute. Call it 300 inches to bo on the safe side , anti,
under 200 feet head , we have 1450 H. P.
By the hydraulic process , this is being worked for 15 cent;;
per ton but that is a most wasteful process , as you know. I think
the property contains about 1,000 acres . It is held at S.100,000
i HE CONSTITUTION
CLARK HOWELL,
3
Atlanta, Ga - .189—
but less money would buy it.
I have assumed that the interview was authentic because the
average newspaperman of my acquaintance , even here in the south,
has not the familiarity with the sapiolite gold belt which the
interview displayed.
Sincerely hoping that yoit will turn your attention to this
vast gold field, T am
Yours truly
1898. Motion Pictures (D-98-22)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the technical and
commercial development of motion pictures. Most of the letters are
addressed to the Edison Manufacturing Co. There are also copies of outgoing
letters by William E. Gilmore, general manager of the company. Included are
documents relating to arrangements with William C. Paley for filming the
events of the Spanish-American War. There are also items pertaining to
efforts by the company to procure film stock from Lumiere & Sons and
Eastman Kodak; and letters from the American Parlor Kinetoscope Co.
concerning problems with the motion pictures purchased from the Edison
Manufacturing Co.
All the documents have been filmed.
Related material can be found in D-98-24 (Phonograph - General).
4tV»
Jan. 29th, 1898. M9
®homas A. Edison, Esq. ,
orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir,
We received yesterday your favor dated January 11th
authorizing us to return to col. a. E. Gouraud the §100. which was
not released on October lath, 1894, which we have done.
Yours truly,
OFFICE OF
EXQELSIOR 'FILM CO.,
. 436 SIXTH AVENUE,
WlLLIAM PALEY Manager.
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Vtes'tee :
Note attached letter from F. Z. Maguire & Co., together with
copy of the arrangement v/i th Mr. Paley, all of which I think fully
explain themselves. 1 passed through to you some little time back an
additional bill for §75.00, which was credited to F. Z. Maguire & Co.
This amount should be transferred and debited against Wm. Paley,
and royalties computed in accordance with his contract are to be charged
against the amounts advanced, that is, the first §75.00 I refer to
above, the attached bill of §75.00, together with the other bill of
§500.00. I think this fully explains itself, but if not, you had better
see Mr. Schermerhorn, who can doubtless explain it to you, but if not,
then see me. 1 think Mr. Schermerhorn is familiar with this arrange¬
ment , but in any event, you might show him the papers for his informa¬
tion.
4/27/ 98.
Enc-
W.E.O.
(copy-)
Type "Q" Cell,
Orange, N. J., Mar. 7, 1898.
Win. Paley, Esq.,
c/o Eden Musee,
23rd St. , New York.
Dear Sir:-
With further reference to the subject of the arrangement to be
made with you, the conclusions reached between us are as follows:
It is our idea that you will continue to take original negatives of
animated pictures for us, such arrangement to cover a period of one year
from February 21, 1898, the necessary negative stock to be furnished by
us, punched ready for use, without charge * in our regular standard
lengths, which for the short strip is about 50 feet, and longer strips
multiples thereof, up to about 150 feet, we to allow you an upseV price
for such negatives of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) net bn all accepted by us.
All positives made from such accepted negatives are to be sold by us in
the open market at regular rates, we undertaking to list the subjects in
our regular catalogues from time to time as they are issued, and to have
them listed whenever and wherever possible in any catalogues gotten out
by our various agents or representatives. Where a special subject is.
to be taken, requiring an additional amount of money over and above the
$15.00 above referred to, to cover actual traveling or other similar ex-
PenSeS’ t0 fUrnlShlns the negative stock we would of course be
[ENCLOSURE]
CAPACITY 150 AMPERE HOURS.
Yta. Paley. (2) 3/7/98
perfectly willing to confer with you and agree upon an amount to be paid
in addition for any such expenses.
In consideration of your giving us a portion of your time and ser¬
vices in the furnishing of satisfactory negatives as above outlined, we
agree to pay you a royalty of Thirty Cents (30 cents) on each positive
strip sold by us, either directly or indirectly, from each 50 (about)
feet negative, the longer strips to be paid for on the same basis at a
proportionately higher rate, such royalties to be paid you monthly, we
submitting a sworn statement as to the number of films sold from the
negatives furnished by yourself. It is of course mutually understood
between us that this arrangement is not exclusive in any way, we re¬
serving the right to make similar arrangements with other parties should
it be deemed by us wise and proper to do so. It is also understood that
the royalty so paid you does not apply in any way to negatives taken by
ourselves or by others for our account, and it is further understood that
the royalty is not to be paid on the so-called "Passion Play" pictures
which we are now making under arrangement with Messrs. Richard a. Holla-
man and Albert 0 Eaves, or to the subjects taken from the "Second Act of
Martha?.
This arrangement can.be terminated by either party upon ninety
days* written notice. • In event of the arrangement being terminated hy
COPY
3/7/98
either party at any time, it is understood that the negatives in our
possession shall so continue, and as long as there is any demand for
positive strips from such negatives taken by you, we shall continue to
pay you the royalty, just the same as if the contract was in full force
and effect.
I believe the above covers the understanding in full between us.
If you have any further suggestions to offer, please let me know at once
otherwise let us have your approval in writing.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) W. E. Gilmore
General Manager. ■
[ENCLOSURE]
T. Z. MAGUIRE & CO.,
Lord’s Court Building,
NEW YOl^pj-i! 20,
E. Gilmore, Gen, Mgr,,
Orange , N . J ,
Dear Sir;- v' .
„ *,P We sfld you herewith bill for the second $75.00 which
makes ?lo0.00 in all chargeable against the negatives and royal -
tiSS fJ1Uiam paley for Havana Picture st^ The writer has ad¬
vanced $500.00 to poley as against his negatives and royalties,
Ihl v»r£rt»l + UHniShinS trar,sportation and eiving the psition on
the yacht "Anita" or "Buccaneer in the event that hostilities
should not occur, then Paley is to return any unexpended balance.
^ Paley is Praotically spending his own money, you
can readily understand that this a very good arrangement for us.
The trip will practically cost us nothing. The first trip of the
Biograph to Havana and vicinity cost them $1000.00, so that you
can readily understand that we are doing well in the malt ter. In
°f’de^_to Jt0eP this matter straight, I am sending you a bill for
the $500.00, which is to stand charged against Paley's account.
I am sending you a memo, from Paley which will be perfectly sat¬
isfactory to yourself as regards this whole matter, I think.
Referring for a moment to the chagrin of Mr. Prescott
concerning his" not being notified at the same time as this con-
. cern was in reference to the Cuban War Films, it seems well to
drop the remark that this business was conceived in this office.
™fk®d with ,the "Journal," and ad vances. made on account there of -
and we have yet to learn that Mr. prsscottdone anything in con¬
nection therewith. It would hardly be fair, therefore, that he
should receive any more than a fair profit under the circumstances.
As you may feel that there is a risk in the advance
ti£n withal th0 6Vent' that a 1033 3hould ooaur iu connec-
tion with this advance, the writer is perfectly willing to sustain
such fair proportion of it as may be thought proper. ?hls con-
^Sency « think is not at all likely, but will serve to secure
, , . Padey ■'nlxs ,3500 ft. <5>f your negative stock, ho has re-
l^vn* n + SQtr<nJ ++' aUU sleo*,i,‘G hsrth from the "N , y. Journal, "and
leaves at 9. do tomorrow morning, i have given him instructions
to keep us thoroughly informed, and to try if possible and ret
..some interesting pictures of the troops, either at Key St oJ
Tampa before he gets on board ship. This will not delay him He
I S th ink6 on** t he °whol n°hrlsk 0f missl«S the sailing of the yacht!
I think on the whole the arrangement is exceedingly satisfUrt nr-v-
“ Lir*’* ‘rv0"- w,prov*1' » >»««».
>z' zsv*
[ENCLOSURE]
7
COPY*
Wl-’.iL-lWii
New York, April SO, 1898,
Messrs, p. z. Maguire & Co,»
Lord's Court Bldg.;
New York City,
Gentlemen
For and in consideration of $500.00, receipt of which is
herewith acknowledged, I agree to go to Key west and Havana. and
take position on one of the "journal's" yachts, and to take ani¬
mated pictures of the hostilities at that point, it is specifi¬
cally understood that the $500.00 herein mentioned is an advance
against negatives and royalties of any films I may make at this
or any other time for the Edison Mfg. Co. I agree in the event
that peace is declared, and that no further interest is likely to
be shown in war pictures, to return to New York at the earliest
possible period, and to return such unexpended balance of the
$500.00 herein mentioned as is possible for me to make, it being
understood that I only desire, reasonable living expenses during
this trip,
I also agree to use ray best efforts to keep p. z. Maguire
& Co. fully aware of what I am doing, of subjects taken, together
with proper descriptions in connection therewith, and to send the
negatives to the Edison Mfg. Co. at the earliest possible moment.
[ATTACHMENT]
[PARTIAL TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
IviPiER ao SelatinoBromure d'Arge:
LE Cl.N'EMATOCP^APilE
<£3iigii.>/a <<i(otii.> !Uii/nie/-e/
Brovoto S.C D.G.
, X
juin ecould 4 laquelle nous nous empressons de rdpon-
dre. Nous sommes a votre disposition pour vous four
nir les pellicules sensibles cinematographiques coupeoa
h I s/b« sur touts longueur comprise Jusqu’k 50 metres
d’un soul morceau.
Nous pourrions vous livrer ces pellicules au prix
de 0,75 centimes le metre non perfordes,pour des com¬
mandos de 5 k 10000 feets, Si les commandos attei-
gnaient le chiffre de 2 0000 'feats et devaient se re-
nouveller f requemment , nous pourrions abaisBfr^ceprix 1
k 0,70 centimes /'ft I
Nous avons deux Bortes d* emulsion, l’une ’rapida
pour negatifs,l’autre lente pour po.sitifs.
Toutes nos pellicules sont faites sur support
transparent, nous n’en faisons pas sur support depoli.
Nous serions tres heureux d’entrer en relations
oommeroiales aveo vous et avons l’espoir qua lea oon-
•tWtl *4
ditions que nous vous faisons cidessus vous convien-
dront . ,„-c
'?• Dans l’attente de vos ordres que nous exeouterons
aveo le plus grand so in, nous vous prions , Messieurs ,
. , .d^agr.^er nos distingueeB salutations.
‘ ‘u- ~ ,r~ ~ v" v/0f»: LU m m er&sg* f1l.s
THE KINETOSCOPE AT LAST BROUGHT INTO THE HOME AT NOMINAL COST. THE HEAVIEST SELLER OF RECENT YEARS.
ALSO COIN-CONTROLLED KINETOSCOPE FOR PENNY AND NICKEL.
cable address : AMERICAN PaRLOR KlNETOSCOPE Co.
ILOR, WASHINGTON. 3234 WATER STREET, X
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. A. ;Augi mh J898>
Edison Mf’g. Co. . . 1 ’■■■>■ ' ' ' i
East Orange N. J. !
Gentlemen.
Your letter in regard ..to. royalty upon belts has been refer¬
red to our Mr. C.. M. Campbell who has been listening to the sad sea
waves at Atlantic City for the. past week. He will give the matter
prompt attention and write you with. a. check for the amount due. May
its size. steadily and rapidly increase.
Yours truly
»\r
KINETOSCOPE AT LAST BROUGHT INTO THE HOME AT NOMINAL COST. THE
PRICE, COMPLETE WITH SIX BELTS, $0.
HEAVIEST SELLER OF RECENT YEARS.
American Parlor Kinetoscope Co.
WASHINGTON, D
A-i Sept.- 9th 1698.
Edison Mfg. Co.
Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen. , - , _
During the recent absence of Mr. Campbell from the citv we re¬
ceived a letter from you making inquiries in regard to a contract which
you mentioned. We find that we will be unable to use your films except
in a few cases, owing to the fact that when they are .enlarged they are
thin and weak. There are probably four or five' of your films which we
can use with good results. The remainder are valueless so far as we
have been able to discover. When Mr. Campbell visited vou last winter
he was laboring under a misapprehension as to our abilitv to use them.
Under the circumstances we wish that you would confer with Mr. Edison
or, act at your own instance, and let us know what you think would be
the fair thing for both parties.
If we paid you an amount equivalent to 2 1/2 cents a belt on every
belt we have sold this summer, or since. Mr. Campbell was in Orange the ■
sumtotal would not amount to a dollar and a half per month,
very truly yours.
Referring to the attached papers from Lumiere, it was Mr.
Edison’s suggestion that we write Eastman that we have received a very
• from abroad
much lower price^on stock equally as good as theirs, which we can import
and pay freight on and still secure at lower figures than they have
write
quoted us. I do not think you had better give any figures, but^and see
if we can get them to give us a better price than we are now paying.
The reason I send all these papers to you is that I understand a repre¬
sentative of the Eastman Co. was here to-day to see you, and possibly
you discussed the matter of price with him. If not, get into corres¬
pondence with them at once and let me know what the result of it is.
10/4/98.
W. E. 0.
/ I ‘ (^?lson Manufacturing Co •
f 4, New York" . U. S. A.
?api er au Citrate dAkgent Mesi!eurs,
gent En r®ponse 4 votre honoree du 15 aout nous vous
'"faisons remarquer qua las quantites da 5000 , 10.000,
at mama 20.000 pieds dont vous nous' entreteniez dans
votre lettre du 23 Juin , sont relativement peu import
» ' ■ at mama 20.000 pieds dont
Papism Peu.igulair'es TOtre lettre du 23 J^in ,
.. ^rgpareg 5‘nprff leg procbiI&
IB®lEiJSg®Br- tantes at ne pouvaieht gu
'f' de prix considerables ;
ue Cinematosijapiie Nous avons da nouveau examine la qil^stion d^i
iyffivXw ^r8 tres- attentive at
pouvaieht guere justifier das-
is&DG maniere tres* attentive' et nous avons reconnu' que nous
r~ pouvions faire das diminutions as. eez importantes at
I '
proport ionnolles aux quantites da pellicules que vohs
pourriez nous obmmahder 4 la fbis , mais 4 la conditio
!:■ 000. a oiique^ces quanti/fr&ii.&olenfc'notablement plus fortes qua
[ENCLOSURE. PARTIAL TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
celles que vous nous indiquez dans votre lettre ‘du
23 Juin.
Void done las nouvellas propositions que nous
pouvons vous fairs pour das commandos comportant das
ordres da 3000 , 6000 , 15.000 , 30.000 , at 60.000
metres k la fois ; Veuillez bien noter qu’il s’agit
da metres at non da pieds :
Pour touts commands da 3.000 metres at au dessous,
las pellicules vous seront facturees au prix da 70 frs.
las 100 metres ;
. Pour 6.000 metres - 68 francs
. Pour 15. 000 metres - - • - 65 francs
Pour 30.000 metres - - 62 frs. 50 ernes
Pour 60.000 metres — - 6 0 francs
Ces prix s’entendent pour das pellicules non perforee*,
sur support transparent , emulsion lente ou emulsion
rapide a votre choix et pour des longueurs inferieures
k 50 metres, par pellicula, ; Ces prix sont nets , franco
d’emballage , livrables en gare de;Lyon , port et dou£-
ne 6. votre charge, sans aucune responsabilite de notre
part pour : des accidents en mer ■, payables & 30 jours,
en or au cours de Paris.
Si nos prix vous conviennent , vous aurez done
tout interet k nous transmettre eh'un seul ordre des
Bi c.!i.cpmmandesi:ausdi:ii«Jtt>!tf1iantes que- possible , dont nous
ifev'l i.vhfr raison- diS 6.(300 titl'd a
[ENCLOSURE. PARTIAL TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
Papier au Citrate dArgent
Eiher au d>E latino Bromured'^rcu
m/mtmmmam
par example , par semaine .
Le prix de 60 francs les 100 metres est un minimum
qui dans aucun cas ne saurait etre depasse et qui ne
Tnous laisse qu’un benefice tree faible ; Nous espe-
rons que vous pourrez l’accepter.
Dans l’attente du plaisir de vous lire , nous vou»
prions , Messieurs , d’agreer nos bien sinqeres salu¬
tations.
LB GlNEMATOSRAPHE
Social A A ho ny me desPlaquesJ^nm PnoiinirHphiquM
a.
npn'txf. rntf’jtf*#' Dirp.ntii v rf
[TRANSLATION]
Rochester, N. Yi, October 11, 1898.
Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Orange, H. J.
Gentlemen: -#
In reply to your esteemed favor of the 6th Inst., would say,
as stated to you personally, that we would hardly feel warranted In at¬
tempting to compete in price with the first party named in your letter, as
the question of quality must be considered in connection with price.
There is certainly no one in this country in a position to furnish you
with an article in the film lift® of as high a standard, uniformity and
general good quality as we, and it must be borne in mind in this connec¬
tion that in ^raking sensitive photographic emulsions the cost is to a
great extent regulated by the standard of quality. Under our high
standard we have to stand a loss on a great many batches of emulsions,
which would doth tless be sent out by smaller concerns. The risk' connect¬
ed with using an article pf questionable quality and uniformity for your
class of work would certainly more than offset any slight difference !
in pricebotween that and an article of known reliability.
regards the Lumiere price, we are at a loss toac count for (i
the matter, as we are competing with Lumiere in their own country, and
at prices no better than those offered you. During the writer's ab¬
sence we received an order through our London house for 80,000 net of
Cine film; for one party in Trance; this would certainly indicate
our prices are about on a par with theirs, or else tha,t there is b
cient difference in qualitl to induce the European; customers to take our
film in preference to theirl at a higher price. However, the matter is
that
BUffi-
Edison Mfg. Co,
one of considerable importance and we propose going into It very care*
fully, We are writing to our London Company today relative to it, and
would esteem it a favor if you would delay aetion for two or three weeks
in order to give us an opportunity to make proper investigation, when’
Hi*. Strong will be pleased to communicate with you further.
We have not heard from you as yet in regard to tests which you
promised the writer to make; would esteem it a favor if you will kindly
advise us as to the results obtained.
Yours truly,
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY.
MW By
?. S. Please consider our statement in regard to Prenoh order strictly
confidential.
Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Orange, N. J,
"nu““! " . . . . /■
In further reply to your esteemed favor of Oct. 6th, relative to
the price of Cirie film, would say having heard from our London house,
that for several reasons it does not seem to us that we would be justi¬
fied in making any reduction in our prices to you at the present time.
In the first place*, we are already giving you rock-bottom prices, better
than we give to anyone else. Secondly, film identical to that sold to
you is being sold in Europe in competition with the film which you have
teen thinking of usi,ng. If our European competitors quote prices in
Europe op a par with the price you state they quoted you, it would mean,
figuring duty owtj that our film is being sold in Europe considerably
higher thap theirs. If there is sufficient good qualities in our films
that they would sell in large quantities in foreign territory under
such conditions, it would certainly seem that they ought to sell readily
at home where there is only a small difference in price to be considered.
Thini, the question of quality and service it seems to us should be one
of some importance, and deemed sufficient to offset any slight difference
in price.
The film which we furnish you has a heavy celluloid base, calculated
to stand long and hard usage; it is all especially tested with extreme
care before it is sent to you so as to insure your receiving an article
as near the standard of perfection as it is possible to make in sensi-
Ro Chester, Oct. 22, :
['RECEIVED!
Edison Mfg, Co.'
tive photographic goods. Your orders for film of our manufacture have
always been filled with utmost promptness; in order to do this we en¬
deavor to constantly carry a stock of film on hand for .you ready for
immediate shipment. This certainly is a great convenience to you, and
ought to be a consideration.
Finally, if you encounter any difficulty with film purchased of
us your statement that you are having trouble Immediately secures to you
the benefit of our experience. If the goods should prove to be effec¬
tive prompt adjustment would be made. On the other hand? if the diffi¬
culty appears to be in manipulation our ebeperts will ifcidertake to assist
you in overcoming the trouble. If you consider only the question of
price our prices appear ap a. disadvantage in comparison with thosC which
you state were quoted you, but if worth is considered then our price
certainly is not high by comparison with others. It costs Wore money
to make a heavy celluloid film, which undergoes a special process to
prevent dry stripping than it does to make a thin eand^-blnetsd ordinary
film; we fully believe that it is worth d iff Stance in jprice to you
and hope that before changing, you Will giire fhe matter yOur careful
consideration,
Yours truly,
SAStfMAN KODAK COMPANY.
RECENT YEARS.
American Parlor Kinetoscope Co.
washJn^HjnCplc! \Ts.iJ "i mov. 8,
orange, M, j. IfiPSU . M . <>
v/hnn Y??f reoeJ?t lett'or-to-tlte-T3.™ has awaited my return.
^ t ? t d wlth you in 1Iay or June we tooth supnosed your films
could be used successfully on our machine. Mr. Edison was also of this
opinion. Our first order for about 18 films which we paid for resulted
disastrously. The majority of them xro threv; away, 01* the few* we tried
*° ™>e *lt 10P-' T\vith R r‘10d01’atG W008BB. such films as the Cool; d
light, Pan so Du Ventre, She Parisian Dance, Fighting the f-'re find
do3noHIi foSSS order^one T?l%
8Z& ha^teS1oS!h°Ut °°Bt* V/Q ^ use th^°£
*t. Pice of the films we are informed that they are soiling
at retail at a lower price than we paid wholesale although the contract
called for the lowest price to us allowed the "most favored oustSS?
p^aaad ^he X±flt l?,0011 Edison films and pay a royalty of
dosen for films sold by wholesale. This corresponds with
stoat omont -fchia-fc we were to: "pay to Mr, Edison the dum of_25 cents
per cloven for film3 sold at wholesale for $3 per dozen, royal tv to irt-
rerado?-on":!>r0Anrtfi0T1 +f th+ +Llole0ale prlce increase beyond this #3
• As we both put the same interpretation on the contract in
this partj.ou.lai it only remains to say whether or not the contract should
5 therf e i-°ntbo°r;lt +0f ?he miS0» failing to do the w^h ezpected
or them. Ij. there is to be no revision then the only nuestion to
,7.a iI,yL”°'ny,EcllBon toave we sold at wholesale since the contraot
V-1" naclB- 0m? anovf01' i® Practically none. First we soil very few films
dining the summer season, trade commencing in the Autumn- in the second
Place of tne films sold at wholesale very few of the Edison films have
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,y+u w±dl find there is practically nothing coming to you. My
C0ii™-hrtt’I8nav- i\ot fold at wholesale 20 dozen Edison films since7
+Jfl+n^+a^«J d°^bt 11 1,h? total wholesale and retail sales would amount
to that much. The royalty on such a quantity would be fj5, if- that
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r?^hap? you . do not understand that we had to enlarge these films
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Very truly yours,
AMER . PARLOR KINETOSCOPE CO.
M. C,
1898. Patents (D-98-23)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents to and from
Edison’s patent attorneys and agents relating to domestic and foreign patent
applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Included are letters
regarding patents for Edison’s ore milling system, the phonograph, and the
kinetograph. Many of the items pertain to patent applications on Edison’s ore
milling system in various foreign countries, such as Great Britain, Germany,
Russia, and Spain. Among these are several letters exchanged between
attorney Frank L. Dyer and his brother, Lt. George L. Dyer, who was
stationed at the U.S. Legation in Madrid at the outbreak of the Spanish-
American War. One of the letters contains comments by George L. Dyer
about political conditions in the United States and Spain on the eve of the
war.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: non-substantive
correspondence about application fees, patent issues, renewals, taxes, and
other routine transactions; bills and receipts from attorneys; letters of
transmittal; documents that duplicate the information in selected items.
Related material can be found in D-98-16 (Electric Light - General
Electric Company).
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February 9, 1898.
Dear sir:-
You will recollect ^t'hat the Patent Office placed your
application showing a reversable recording; and reproducing, de¬
vice having a recorder o^. one side and a reproducer upon the
opposite side, in interference with a patent to William Smarting
No. 462,687. We succeeded in having that interference dis¬
solved, and the Patent/ Office has now declared « new interfer¬
ence on a broader issue. We will move to dissolve this in¬
terference on the same grounds as ir. the original interference
but before doing so /it is necessary to file the preliminary
statements, as required by the rules. We, therefore, enclose
a copy of the statement filed in the original interference,
which kindly execute as indicated in pencil and make oath be¬
fore a notary, whetf must affix his seal. Kindly return the
I
paper as early as, possible .
r
We are sending to Mr. Randolph at the laboratory af¬
fidavits in another phonograph application. Mr. Ott will exe¬
cute one affidav|t and Randolph will forward the papers to you,
so that you may fexecute your affidavit. These affidavits re¬
late to the "flo,ating" recording or reproducing devic<
which v.
(Enclosure) .
[FROM FRANK L. DYER?]
March 10, 1898.
Lieut. George L. Dyer,
Naval Attaehea U.3. Legation,
Madrid, Spain.
My dear George,-
I am sending you under separate cover as commer¬
cial papers registered, the necessary applications for 3ix
patents in Spain relating to Mr. Edison's ore milling appara¬
tus. I enclose a copy of instructions which I am sending to
correspondents in other countries and which will give you all
information concerning the cases. Upon receipt of the papers,
kindly cable me {"Vernerve, New York") the word "Received", so
that I may know that the papers have come to hand. In the
event that the application papers for other foreign countries
are received by my correspondents, I will not cable you, but
should there be any hitch regarding the applications for pat¬
ents in other countries, I will cable you the word "Withhold"
prior to April 12, 1898, per the fourth paragraph of my in¬
structions. I desire to have all of these oases filed on
Tuesday, April 12, 1898, without fail.
When the papers have been received by you, kindly place
them in the hands of Mr. Prancisoo Elzaburu, Ho. 3 Bup. Villa-
lar. I send the papers to you rather than to the agent di¬
rect, because I am not in any way acquainted with him and am
anxious that the cases should be placed in good hand3. Before
-1-
turning over the papers to Mr. Elzaburu, It might be a good
plan for you to boo him to form some estimate of his reliabi¬
lity. Kindly impress upon him the necessity for making ao-
ourate translations in view of the importance of the cases.
I bag to enclose draft to your order of the value of $180,
which I think will be ample to cover all oharges for these
eases. Please say to Mr. Elzaburu that the credit for these
cases will be placed to the account of Leonard H. Dyer, of
91R V Street, Washington, D.G., but that all correspondence is
to be addressed to me, including future notloes of taxes and
workings. If it would not be asking too much, I should like
to have you look over the Spanish translations after they have
been made to satisfy yourself that they are oorreot. If you
are not impressed with the responsibility of Mr. Elzaburu,
please put the oases in the hands of some reputable patent at¬
torney in Madrid who oan be entirely relied upon. Assuming,
however, that the oases will be filed by Mr. Elzaburu, I am
giving a letter of Introduction to that gentleman for Mr. Her¬
man E. Dick of Chicago, but if the oases are filed through some
other attorney, please give me his name so that the letter of
introduction can be changed.
I will be under many obligations to you for your kind¬
ness in oonneotion with this matter.
Yours ,
(P.l.D.)
(Enclosure)
[ATTACHMENT]
IHSTR170TI0HS TO ACEffTB.
1. six patantrj will be secured, relating to tho ap¬
paratus invented by Mr, Edison tor concentrating magnetic
iron ores in such enormous quantities that low grade materi¬
al can be handled profitably. The cases are of the highest
importance, and particular caro should be taken In making
translations.
2. The six applications will be designated as follows :
Oase A, Process and Apparatus of Concentrating Magnetic Iron
Ores and Bricking the Same for Market. Drawings ; 4
shoots, designated in load-pencil on upper right-hand
corner, A1, A2, A3, A4.
Case B, Method of and Apparatus for Breaking Rook, Drawings:
ft sheets — R1, B2, B®, B4, B5,
Case 0, Improvement in Rolls. Drawings: 4 shoots _ c1, C2,
0'\ 04.
Oase D, Improvement in Elevators and Conveyors. Drawings: 6
sheets — D1, D2, D3, D4, D6, D6.
Case E, Bricking Machine, Drawings : 4 shoots,-- pi, p2 p>3
E4.
Caso P, Improvements in Dryers, Drawings: 3 sheets — pi, v2,
P3.
ft. One copy of theopeoifi cation in oach case, of the
necessary drawings, and the required powers of attorney
are forwarded.
4. Immediately upon receipt of the papers by you,
cable "Vornorvo, New York", the word"Roceived". In the event
of my cabMdig you before April 12, 1898, the word "Withhold",
kindly delay tho filing of the applications until advice by
mail is giver.. If, however, the word "Withhold" is not ca¬
bled to you, then the cases are to be filed without fail on
Tuesday, April 12, 1698.
[ATTACHMENT]
!j. },?v, ftormnn V.. Blok, care of live mi, Shipley & Co.,
Loudon, is financially intoreotod in those oases. It lr. not
unlikely that Mr. ni ek may call or. you for information coi>
earning tho condition of the applications after they have boon
filocl, and you will pi oast; give him any information which ho
SOOltfl.
Maroh 18, 1890,
Herman E . Hick, Esq.,
c/o Brown, Shipley * Co., Bankers,
London, England.
My dear Rir,-
The several applications for foreign patents relating
to Mr. Edison's ore milling apparatus were forwarded to my cor¬
respondents several days ago with instructions to file the
oases on April 12th next unless advised to the contrary by
oable from me. The Berman applications, at Mr. Bergmann’ s
request, were sent to him for transmission to his personal
Berlin representative. The British applications are in the
hands of Messrs. Harris & Mills, 23 Southampton Buildings, W.C.
London; the French applications with Mossrs. Brandon & Sons,
59 Rue de Provence, Paris, Frs.nce; the Spanish applications
with Mr. Francisco Elzaburu, No. 3 Dup. Vlllalnr, Madrid, Spain,
unless I advise you to the contrary in a later letter; the
Russian applications with Messrs. Kaupe & l’schokaloff, 7, Kir-
pitsohnoi Pereoulok, St.. Petersburg, Russia; and the Austrian,
Swedish and Italian applications with Messrs. Brydges & Co.,
43 — 44 Luisen Strasee , Berlin, IT. 'It., Germany. I beg to en¬
close a letter of introduction to each of these agents, tfith
some of them I am personally acquainted, and I believe you will
find all of them intelligent and oourteous.
Under separate cover, I take pleasure in sending you
copies of the specifications and drawings for each of the oases
as filed in the respective countries.
Yours ve'-y truly,
(P.L.D.)
(Enclosures)
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My dear Sir,
STRAND . W. C
I h are yours of the lath ult., enclosing JLetters
of introduction to your foreign agents. X note there are no
Belgian Patents applied for and, of course, this is what 1#*
Edison has undoubtedly desired. If X remember corrects.^ VO found
that there were no deposits worth mentioning in Belgium* but 4 %m
is this going to affect, their making this maphinery is 'tidy
choose so to do, and if we fljnd it necessary can we .^p(Ly. jfor
the Belgian patents la|er on, before the issue of the. $Sh*r
Xuropean Patents? ,We do. nob «|uit..t^ fflay tb* application of
th'f - utbep- fountr4.es on account of the Belgian, but I *m only
flying-. this, to kn#p how„we.§re f tending in the matter.
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April 6, 1898.
Mr. Oonzalo Polligero,
Ho. 1 Padilla Street,
Madrid, Spain.
Boar 8ir:-
The bearer, Mr. Herman K. Dick, of Chicago, Ill,
(London address: c/o Brown, Shipley &> Co.), is financially in¬
terested in the applications of Thomas A. Edison relating to
ore milling apparatus recently forwarded to you with instruc¬
tions to file the same on April 12, 1898. Mr. Dick has entire
authority from Mr. Edison to negotiate for the sale, license or
other disposition of the patents either before or after their
issue. You will therefore please furnish Mr. Dick with any
information concerning the cases which he may request.
Any personal courtesies which may be shown Mr. Dick
will be appreciated by me.
Yours very truly.
(F.L.D.)
six receipts for the patents the applications for which
he filed yesterday., April 12 ^in accordance with your ins¬
tructions. The cases were well prepared and I am more
than ever satisfied that he is a very careful and trust¬
worthy man. I gave the cases to a translator who I
thought would Go them satisfactory, having had some prev¬
ious experience with the individual in question. T con¬
cluded howver that the work would not be sufficiently
well done and turned them over to another translator under
Mr. Felligero's personal supervision. Owing to the fact
that I have had a great deal to do here and the circumstancs
attending the work have been such as to occupy my very
serious and prolonged attention I have not been able to
give to the translations and the preparation of the cases
that attention which I had promised myself to give. I
feel quite content however with the work and do not believe
you will have any occasion to complain. With the receipts
for the cases I enclose two receipts for expenses and a
receipt for a telegram I sent you on 4th of April. This
telegram cost me thirty four pesetas and 25 centimos at
the rate of 2/l4 pesetas per word. Deducting the. last
four words which were entirely personal to me there re¬
mains as the cost of the telegram to you 25 .70 pesetas.
-s-
Thia mk&& a' total of fOO peSet aB expended (in round num-
berB“ There remains therefore'- still in my hands- five-
hundred peseta® out of which. T shall pay Mr;. Pelligero
for his professional services. He says- that it will take
about a weekr or tan days- to get- the patent issued. Tf it
looks likely that T shall remain here for that time I will
wait and pay him then.. If not I shall pay him bef ore I
go, aa he* is a gentleman and will accomplish the work he
has undertaken.- without fail. I hope George will, not be
carried away by the current of excitement which seems to
be in control^ in the United States. Tt is clearly his
duty to stick by his mother and his sisters as. long aa.it
ia necessary for me to be in active service. They are the
moat , dependant- people in the world in spite of what the
appearance a may be,^ and if bereft of both of us Ido not
know wh&fr will become of them. Matters, look very dark
here Just now. It seems as if the Spanish Cabinet had: gone
as* far as they possibly could In the- way of cones ss.ions-
tod avoid a revolution here in Spain* The granting of the
armistice has created great discontent which is only kept
under^ apparent ly v$y tha promise that, the: rebels in Cuba
may be more easily induced to lay down their armsv
Always yours „
Madrid ,
1898.
, April 14,
Dear Dick:-
Owing to the act ion . of Congress yesterday it
has seemed to me most probable that I will have to leave
at any minute. I have therefore sent for Mr. Pelligero
and have paid him his fee of 30& pesetas, the. receipt for
which I enclose. As T wrote yesterday there was still due
you on account 500 pesetas. X have gone to some little
expense in the way of messengers and cabs which will be
covered by about 25 pesetas. There is due you therefore
on a/c “175 pesetas which at the rate of exchange to-day
is equal to about 24 dollars. This I shall hand to Mr.
Brandon in Paris when I go there unless in the meantime
you give me some other directions. My address is always
c/o B. P. Stevens, 4 Trafalgar Sq. , London, V.C.
Affectionately yours.
Jr. (Wit. ^
]/f„ 22. April MV |
ffenn/grs(/or/'erS/rA/°33.J!3&
A. EDISON ESQ.,
Hamburg
Passugo Scholvlcn 8.
Magdeburg
BIQchor-Strasso 8.
Orange N. Y.
3R88SESR
Budapest
Moskau
'Mittlore Handelsrolho No,
Copenhagen
Ryosgado 105.
Stockholm
Stora Nygatan 85.
Amsterdam
?rins Hondrik-Kado 11
My dear Edison
Your patents in Germany have been properly transla¬
ted and duly entered in the German Patent Office on
April 12., the date prescribed by Mr. Dyer. They have
been placed in the hands of the foremost patent attorney
in Berlin. He assured me that he has never met such
ingenious and complete construction and that the
specifications bewildered him by their originality of
conception. ,4s is well known to you, the German patent
office exercises the most stringent examination as to
So
original! ty^that r;o much weight and value is to be
attributed to a German patent, as it conveys particular
strength to patents taken on the same subject in other
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countries. As suggested Toy me the translation was made by Seubel, who
is thoroughly conversant with all the technical terms necessary to
make such a translation and you may feel assured that this time your
interests in the German patents have been fully taken
care of and will in time bring about good results.
I expect to meet Mr. Dick within a short time and we can then
report to you more fully.
I am quite busy getting my new factory here in shape, which is
very promising. I hope to get the first response from the Patent office
within the near fflture, so I feel safe to opening negociations, in
conjunction with Dick regarding our mutual enterprise in Germany.
Hoping that you, Mrs. Edison and the children are enjoying good
health, I remain with kindest regards
• y^/rA/s/v/, L C/'-yry,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H.J.
Pear Sir;-
V/e bee to enclose herewith bills /of complaint against
McAllister. Please sign each of these ip two places as indi¬
cated in pencil, and see that Randolph o/fixes his seal. Af¬
ter this, if you will return the bills/ to us, we will promptly
file them. We wish to proceed against McAllister at once.
He has not only been selling infringing films, but has been
cutting the price of Edison films. fit seems probable that we
can make out a case of infringement jby the sale of Lubin ap¬
paratus, and thus practically bring Lubin into this Jurisdic¬
tion.
(S.O.E.)
(Enclosures) .
BRANDON 8 SONS
Estab'1 1850
Paris
, :'>!). If no do Vrovonco
6 May 1898.
Mr Gonzalo Pelligero,
1 Padilla,
Madrid.
Dear Sir,
Acting upon instructions received from his brother,
Mr Richard N. Dyer, Lieut. George. L Dyer gave: you. instruc¬
tions lately to attend to the filing of 6 Spanish applications
in the name of Mr Thomas A. Edison. These applications
were filed by you on the 12th of April last as we were in¬
formed by Lieut. G. L. Dyer who' called on us a few days ago
on his way back to the United States.
tfe are to-day in receipt of a letter from Mr Richard
N. Dyer, in which he says that the state of war at present
existing between Spain and the United States renders it im¬
possible, by the stoppage of the mails, for him to corres¬
pond direct with you and he wishes us to correspond with
you direct and to request you to send the certificates of
filing to us, in order that we may send them on to him.
Until, you are able to correspond direct with Mr R. U.
Dyer with safety, will you please let your correspondence
pass through us. Thetfe are the instructions which we have
received from Mr R. N. Dyer.
We are,
Yours truly,
Stuttgart
IMiingor Strasso 18.
MOnchen
Luguston- Strasso 10.
Wien
VI. Dilrorgasso 22.
Budapest
14 Hue <lo Saintoago.
ZORICH
Slid -Strasso 43.
St. Petersburg
;r. Stallhofstrasso 9.
Moskau
My dear Edison,
I enclose copy of a letter mailed to day to
Rich. N. Dyer of which please take note.
Very truly yours
ih.
Mailand
ia Fatolionofratolli IS.
Copenhagen
llyosgado 105.
Stockholm
Stora Nygatan 85.
Amsterdam
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Richard N , Dyer Esq,
as you will see from the enclosed copy of my letter
to Mr. Edison, we are being thrown out of the German
Patent office on account of previous publication of
Edisons Ore Milling System in the Iron Age and Scienti¬
fic American. We have' three months time, till Aug. 20.,
I also received to day a notification from the
patent office, concerning case E, the briquetting machi¬
ne, against which the following U. S. Patents are said
to be interfering:
No. 206771 - 222902 - 232769.
S'. B El^GMANN & Co. Act.-Ges., Berlin N„ Hennigsdorfer Str. 33-34-35.
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You will kindly procure copies of these patents and send me a set
of them, also please look into them, to ascertain how far they are in
the way of the Edison application. The time granted is only one month
/till June 27/. hut I have at once applied for 3 months time which no
doubt will he granted.
The patent office document also points out, that the description
contains a number of incohorent parts well known from other briquette
presses with rotating forming drums, which cannot he brought together
to form a new and self contained invention.
You will please give us full information as to how to answer the
objections of the patent office, and to reconstruct the description and
the claims to such an extend as to show up the absolutely novel featu¬
res.
Please give this matter your immediate attention.
Very truly yours
patent applications on your ore milling system were
entered in the German patent office in due time.
I am now in receipt of a notification from the
German patent office that your applications to a very
Budapest large extend are anticipated hy the publications made in
VI. Podmnnitzkygasse 2.
,„t,,Br?ssel , the “Iron Age", the Scientific American Ho. 4 of Jan. 22
18 Placo do Brouckero. *
St. Petersburg
gr. Stallhofstrasso 9.
Moskau
ttloro Handolfiroiho No. 1
Copenhagen
llyosgado 105.
Stockholm
Stora Nygatan 35.
and a German Periodical named "Stahl & Eisen" 1898 page
133 - 138.
The German Patent office states, that there is
nothing novel in your applications outside of the facts
published in the above cited papers.
You are requested by the Patent office to hand in
within three months new descriptions and drawings bearing
on concrete and essentially novel features, that have
[ENCLOSURE]
S. B E 2^G M A N N & Co. Jlct.-Ges., ‘Berlin N„ Hennigsdorfer Str. 33-34-35.
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not been published in the above papers.
The objection of the Patent office is directed against case A
containing a general description of the system as crushing of the rock,
the pulverizing, sifting drying, separating, mixing and bricketting,
as far as these papers have shown it.
Your reply must be in the hands of the Patent office by August
20, so I should have it here at least two weeks ahead to be able to
have it translated and put in proper shape in good time.
I cannot understand, why such things do happen after you had
similar experiences with other cases on former occasions.
Dyer and Seeley should know the German Patent law, that any prior
publication anticipates your patent application.
Please have this matter looked into at once and oblige
P.S.
I enclose for Mr. Dyers guidance copy of the original text of
the communication from the German Patent office.
I have ascertained, that the German Periodical " Stahl & Eisen"
only brought extracts from Iron Age.
[ENCLOSURE]
Kaiserliches Patentamt
Berlin, N.W. 6., den 13. Mai 1898.
Iiuisenstrasse 32/34.
E.5887 IIl/l.
Die Friifung Ihrer am 12. April d. J. eingegangenen Patentanmeldung,
betreffend Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Aufbereitung und Brikettirung
magnetischer Eisenerze, hat ergeben:
Die Unterlagen lassen nicht erkennen, was an dem Gegenstande der
Anmeldung neu sein soil gegenUber den vorveraffentlichten Mittheilungen
iiber das Edison Vche magnetische Aufbereitungsverfahren; vergl.
Stahl & Eisen 1898, S. 133 - 138 Iron Age vom 28. October 1897,
Scientific American 1898 Nr. 4 S. 55 ff.
Gegebenenfalls sind innerhalb dreier Monate neue Unterlagen einzu-
reichen, die sich auf einen einheitlichen, wesentlich neuen Gegenstand
beschranken, wobei zweckmassig auf die genannten Veroffentlichungen
hinzuweisen sein wtrd.
1
[ENCLOSURE]
Kaiserliches Patentamt
B. 5883 IV/feO a.
Berlin N.W.6,den 20. Mai 1898.
Luisenstr. 32/34.
Die PrUfung Ihrer am 12. 'April 1898 eingegangenen Pat ent-Anmel dung,
betreffend eine Brikettmaschine, hat Polgendes ergeben:
Pressen der in den beiden Patentanspriichen gekennzeichneten Art
sind ganz gebrfiuchlich - vergl. die amerikanischen Patentschriften
206771, 222902 und 232769. Die vorgelegten Anspruche kannen daher
nicht gew&hrt werden.
Die Anmeldung enthait Uberhaupt verschiedene Einrichtungen 'an den
allgemein bekannten Pressen mit rotirenden Pormtrommeln, welche in
einem inneren Zusammenhang, der die Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung zu
begriinden vermochte, unter einander nicht stehen.
Sie wo lien daher mit Rucksicht auf Satz 2 des § 20 des Patentge-
setzes i n n e r h a 1 b e i n e s M o n a t s neue Unterlagen
einreichen, welche auf eine der verschiedenen Einrichtungen beschrfinkt
sind.. Bei Ausarbeitung der neuen Unterlagen sind die angefuhrten Patent-
schriften zu beriicksichtigen.
Eine Beschreibung und die HauptzeichnUhgen werden zur Benutzung
beigefugt.
An
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in Llewellyn Park
Arch Herrn P. c. Glaser/.
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Prist lSuft. ab am:
27. Juni
GONZALO PELLIGERO
ABOGAEO
Madrid the
Messrs. Brandon and Sons
PARIS
Dear Sirs: -
I have the pleasure to accuse you reception of your favours
of 6 and Z3ra May, and the reason why I did not answer before, was,
that I wanted to send you at same time the titles of the 6 patents
you asked me for M. T. A. Edison.
The circumstances of the politic, change of Minister and of
the personal have retained the despatch, and they tell me to-day
that I shall only have them on the 12 1 111 inst. As soon as I rocieve
them, I shall send them to you directly by parcel certificated.
Mean while, I am happy to say that your despatch does not of¬
fer any difficulty whatever.
I remain, Dear Sirs,
Yours very truly,
June 30, 1096.
Sigmund B&rgnann, Hr.tj.,
Nos. 33-30 Honnigsdorfer-Strassc ,
Berlin N. , Germany.
Dear Sir:-
Xn accordance wish your favor of the 2nd Inst., advis¬
ing me of the rejection of the Edison applications on ore mill¬
ing apparatus by the German Patent Office, I have taken up the
cases with care, in view of the Official actions, arid have
prepared memoranda for use by your agent in answering these
objections. Under separate cover, registered, I beg to send
you my memoranda, which I have divided into three papers, the
first relating to Case A, the second to Oases B, C, I) and F, and
the third to Case E. I also send you for your use carbon cop¬
ies of those papers.
In accordance with your request, I have ordered and bag
to send you copies of the United States patents to Caldwell No.
200,771, to nege No. 222,902, and to Smith and Glaze No . 232,769,
which have been cited against the Edison case E on bricking
machines. I think my notes show that the descriptions on
which the German Office relies are insufficient as anticipations.
Such descriptions would certainly be insufficient under our
(S. B., 2)
practice, since they arc not full and. concise enough to enable
any ono skilled in the art to carry the inventions into effect,
and as I am tinder the belief that the same rule or test of suf¬
ficiency applies in normany, I should imagine that when the
attention of the Office has been directed to the points to
which I have referred, the refer ono os will b« withdrawn.
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1898. Phonograph - General (D-98-24)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
commercial and technical development of the phonograph. The documents
pertain primarily to business relations among the various Edison phonograph
companies, foreign sales by the United States Phonograph Co., and litigation
involving the legal firm of Hayes and Lambert. Included are comparative
sales statements for the Edison Phonograph Works and the National
Phonograph Co. for the years 1896-1897 and a 10-page memorandum in
Edison’s hand regarding relations between the Edison Phonograph Works and
the Edison United Phonograph Co.
All the documents have been filmed except for duplicate copies of
selected items.
-J.aiu — 19.,._189 8.._ /
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Mr. Ely called me up several days ago, asking for
certain information regarding our business, and particularly as to how
we intended to take care of bond interest and at the same time liqui¬
date the payments we would be called upon to make from time to time on
the $20,000 mortgage, and subsequently, towards liquidating the princi¬
pal of the bonds when they became due. You will remember that the
statement gotten out for you did not show sufficient profits to warrant
taking care of the interest on the mortgage of the Works‘'<er^'the bonds.
I have sent him a comparative statement of sales, a copy of which I
attach hereto for your information. I also enclose a copy of the letter
that I have written him on the subject, which I trust meets with your
approval. I also attach hereto a statement showing the comparative
sales of the National Phonograph Co. You will remember that the sell¬
ing end of the business was taken over by us beginning October 1897,
and the results for the months of October, November and December show
for themselves. I told you that the sales for December were over
for themselves. I told you that the sail
$33,000, and subsequent credits that were
reduced the amount to
the figures shown, which is- practically the figure,? that I stated to you.
I presume^ that- you would like these papers, as you may be called
upon at any time for further information, and I 'think that this will
enable you to answer any further questions that are brought up. If you
desire any additional copies, let me know. I have given Mallory a copy
T.A.E.
X/19/98.
for his information. I am not sanding the statement of the National
Phonograph Co. to anybody, simply giving thda the statement of the
Phonograph Works. If you think it advisable that I al3o send them a
statement of the National Phonograph Co., let me know.
Yours very truly.
Enc-A
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C. H. Ely, Esq.,
c/o Second national Bank,
Orange, IT. J.
Dear Sir:
I attach hereto statement showing our comparative sales for
1096 and 1897, for the ton months ending Deo. 31st, which will show you
the business we are doing. Up to and including Sept. 30th, 1897, tho
selling ond of our business was handled through a General Sales Agont.
The results wore not satisfactory to either Mr. Edison or our selves,
and consequently, tho relations were severed and tho selling end' token
up and looked after by ourselves. The effect of this is sho.vn in the
increased sales for October, November and Dooembor, 1897. our busi¬
ness is increasing very rapidly; in fact, so much so that we are not
in a position at tho present time to fill orders as fast as they are
received, being very considerably bohind. I feel certain that the •
sales for January, 1898, will oxcood those of last month, and tho out¬
look for business is extremely good, as our inquiries are very numerous
indeed, and actual orders coming in daily go far beyond anything that
wo had expected.
.As I stated to you over' tho telephone, Mr. Edison owns a controlling
interest in tho stock of this concern, and also that of the National
Phonograph Co., which was organized for the purpose of taking over the
selling ond of tho phonograph businoss in tho United States and Canada,
heretofore owned and controlled by the North American. Phonograph Co.,
which went into, the hands of a Reoeiver in 1894. Tho Receiver, however,
[ENCLOSURE]
C .II. E.
— : _
1/19/98.
has nothing whatever to do now with the selling end of tho business,
thin being owned and controlled absolutely by tho national Phonograph
Co., all sales being handled from this offioo.
Trusting that this information is what you desire, ar.d asking that
if you desire anything fir ther you will kindly lot me know, I am,
Yours vory truly,
y/eg/iw
Enc-C
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
EDI SOH PHONOGRAPH WORKS
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OP SALES
1696
1897
March
$11,218.36
$11,748.31
April
15,126.42
12,380.59
May
22,386.06
14,303.74
June
15,853.61
17,180.71
July
13,927.52
11,905.20
August
10,002.01
11,968.11
September
12,766.41
7,945.05
October
9,193.34
13,381.61
November
7,592.97
18,791.35
December
5,263.18
27,074.59
§123,329.90
§146,679.26
[ENCLOSURE]
.NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OP SALES
1896
1897
March
12,378.09
11,321.40
April
9,329.57
11,589.26
May
8,458.59
. 7,116.19
June
8,434.02
10,103.38
July
11,339.01
9,872.32
August
7,605.23
9,755.15
September
7,894.75
5,568.07
October
6,050.99
12,490.74
November
4,702.00
22,841.43
December
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32,925.95
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negotiations with Mr. Searles fall through and should he demand
that the Works should manufacture under the contract, you should
refuse to manufacture under the contract, and should at once
bring suit to cancel the contract. . In order to put the matter
in the best shape, I would advise that if the United makes a
demand for manufacture under the contract, the Works should re¬
quest it to put the demand in writing and to state the foreign
countries it wants the machines manufactured for. If the ma¬
chines are for England or Germany, I think the refusal woiild be
good if based on the fact that the Works has transferred its
manufacturing rights for England and Germany. But anyway,
when you reach this point, if you do, the matter will be in
position where the correspondence should be subjected to legal
supervision. As to your right to have the contract cancelled,
I think that is reasonably clear, because the scheme which the
contract was expected to establish was one designed to give the
Works the monopoly of the manufacture of phonographs and graph-
ophones for the foreign market, and through the neglect of the
(T. A. E. , 2)
United the scheme has wholly Tailed. Hence, it is inequitable
that the Works should be held down to a covenant not to manu¬
facture for use or sale in foreign countries except on orders
of the United, when the United has allowed the business to
drift into the hands of infringers. Under the contract bet¬
ween the United and the Works, if the Works fails to meet the
orders of the United, the remedy of the United is to have the
machines manufactured elsewhere. Its remedy is not for dam¬
ages against the Works; and even if you should fail in secur¬
ing the cancellation Of the contract, I do not see how the
damages could bB heavy, if anything at all.
With regard to the metropolitan situation, I had an¬
other long talk with the Committee of the N. Y. P. Co. yes¬
terday. I put your views to the Committee, and also told them
that it was my view that their contract with the N. A. P. Co.
amounted only to a territorial agency, which necessarily ter¬
minated with the business of the N. A. P. Co. The more I re¬
flect on this subject, the firmer is my conviction that that is
the true meaning of the contract. Take the graphophone side,
for instance; — The sub-company contract pretends to give as
much rights under the graphophone patents as under the phono¬
graph patents. The contract between the Graphophone Company
and Lippiricott, which was the foundation of the N. A. P. Co.
rights, was simply:a selling. contract, making Lippincott the
sole selling agent of the Graphophone Co. and suggesting very
generally that lippincott might make his sales through sub- or
territorial agents. In the ease of the phonograph patents,
the N. A. P. Co. did not have the title to the patents which
are stated in the local company contracts; that title was in
the Edison Phonograph Co., of which the N. A. P. Co. was only
a stockholder. The N. A. P. Co. had the, right to phonograph
inventions made after August 1, 1888'; and such patents as might
be granted on them, but these are treated in the sub-company
contract in the same way as the earlier patents, as to which
the N. A. P. Co. had no title. The'N. Y. P. Co. will probably
eventually bring some sort of a suit to establish its contract
rights. My effort has been to direct the matter so that such
a suit will be brought against the Graphophone Co., and in the
event it is successful you will have a selling arrangement with
the N. Y. P. Co. Ho wever, the disturbance to the business of
the National Co. might be so serious from the establishment of
the N. Y. P. Co. rights (which would probably be followed by
the establishment of the rights of other local companies), that
I think you should not aid the N. Y, P. Co. in any way to es¬
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C. E. STEVENS.
NEW YORK,- ...August 24thr -1898. -189
Mr. J. 8. Scheme rhorti Assistant Mng. ,
The National Phonograph Co. ,r
Orange, N. <T.
Dear Sir,- 1 was informed this morning' that tW. Merrill of
110 Vail St., New York, is engaged in a contraband phonograph business^
agreeing to supply any type of Edison:' machine desired, which, he states-*
he make himself. I am also informed that this party sold to a dealer
by the name of Oxeriheira, Halsey St., Brooklyn, a Home phonograph body,
and the informer adviseime they were offered to him. 1 would not be
surprised if there was something in this matter as the fir6t named party
hobnobs with a certain Philadelphia concern and that may account for some
of the machines being sold by our chief competitors.
If you think the matter. ‘important enough my informant volunteers
to purchase either 'of the Brooklyn c aicern or negotiate with the New
York concern for any apparatus you might desire.
The above are the facts as given. to me, and, of course, I
cannot vouch for the authenticity. If I can be of any service in .the
Howard F. Hayes Esq.,
•765 Broad Street,
Newark, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Nov. 1st touch¬
ing the litigation of the United States Phonograph Co with the American
Sraphophone Co in the matter of duplicating phonograph records.
I have been entirely out of the business for three or four
years, and can recall very little of the' work which we did in this line.
I have not a copy of Mr. fainter’ s patent No. 341, 28? taken out in 1.886
and consequently cannot submit the same to the 'workmen who were asso¬
ciated with us and who are still with me in our Telephone shops. I
feel confident, however, that the early date of the Tainter patent is
prior to any experiments which wo could have made in^this ldne'TN
LABORATORY
ISerlinep ©pamophone (Bompaqg,
1023 TWELFTH STREET, N. W.
Washington, d. c„ - No-v-embe-r— 1-Sth - 1893.
Judge Howard: W. Hayes,
705 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.
Dear Judge Hayes,
I have yours of the 11th Inst., and will be glad to be
here at the Laboratory next Tuesday afternoon to receive you.
LABORATORY
ISerliner ©ramophone ©ompapp,
1023 TWELFTH STREET, N. W.
Washington, d. c„ - No-V-ambei—L&th — ise 8
Judge Howard W. Hayes,
705 Broad Street , Newark, N. J.
Dear Judge Hayes,
I have studied the deposition of Mr. English all
'through and I have studied the patent carefully.
When you try a machine built as well as you know how and
you use for record tablet a thick wax disc carefully planed off
and for a master a hard substance, like a copper electrotype then
you may possibly so it appears to me , get a result which while it
is not commerciabpractical ’might save the patent. It is not quite
clear to me whether the bar 211 would not set up in practice a
Vibratory motion somewhat independent of the bar 213, particually
if ap iron disc is used which as a matter of fact is elastic in the
proportion shown in the drawing.. Otherwise the device of the patent
is an extremely poor and inpractical'inaohine and I -dbirH? believe
Taintor put it in simply as an auxiliary to the main idea of a
magnetic record and afterwards put in additional claims for the
broad idea of mechanical duplicating..
I had a chat with Mr. Lyons regarding my testimony and he
is still of the opinion that an,r -
ny Question other than relating to
LABORATORY
IBerlinep (Gramophone (Sompapp,
1023 TWELFTH STREET, N. W.
Washington, d. c.,_ - No_vambfl.r_l&, _ isb 8.
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facts should not be put to me but he wants to reserve his final de-
cission until Mr. 3issing comes back tomorrow.
What I argued in the beginning of this letter is of course
merely intended to put you on your guard and for all I know I may
be wrong in m.v assumption.
WASHINGTON,
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LABORATORY
ISeplinep (Spamophone ©ompa^g,
1023 TWELFTH STREET, N. W.
Washington d. o. _ nsnemhar )gt _ tag Q,
Judge Howard W. Hayes,'
765 Broad Street , Newark, N. J.
Dear Judge Hayes, '
Our lawyers have been so extremely busy -preparing for the
hearing -tomorrow that. I. have not been able to get from them definite
advice about that testimony you want. Mr. Lyons said this morning,
that they Would much prefer to have a talk with you regarding .it
before comingto a decision and I must- leave it to you to arrange
with them for it.
Will you please return to me the Rosenthal letters which
I gave you when you were here;
UNITED STATES PHONOGRAPH CO,
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Nos. 87 to 91 ORANGE STREET
NEWARK, N. J. Tec. 0, i'
1898. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-98-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Included are a lengthy report
regarding the history and financial condition of the company and specifications
for the construction of a new factory adjacent to the West Orange laboratory.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of the
unfilmed documents are routine work estimates for construction of the factory.
Other categories not filmed include routine orders by the Edison Phonograph
Works for equipment and supplies, routine orders by the Edison United
Phonograph Co. for phonographs and cylinders, and duplicate copies of
selected items.
New Jersey, and. Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
GENERAL OFFICES: .
EDISON LABORATORY,
Edison, Sussex Co., N. J.,
Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, if. -JV
Capital Stock $6Q0, 000.
Issue of $300,000. 5$ Sold’ -Mortgage- Bonds, interest due
August 2nd. and February 2nd. Bohde payable $12, 000. yearly,
begining August 2nd, 1903.
Description of. Works : .
The Works are admirably ’situated near the
Erie R. R. in West Orange on level ground, a conservative valua¬
tion of the land being $41,000. The supply- of suitable labor is
ample, the Works - being near two lines of Electric Cars, and in
settled regions. Adjoining the, Works is the laboratory of . Thomas
A. Edison. The buildings are one story, the tools are-of-. the- best
modern types, -vand. from> the best makers, none being older, than ten
years. The) shop is well adapted for turning out light work re¬
quiring great aeouraoy.
Nature of Business: r
ThC Phonograph Worke own the sole right to-
manufacture phonographs andaceas series for the entire world except
Sermany and England- The ri^te for. these countries were' sold for
$31, 319. 50> in oash, Though5 “the" Works do : not oontrol'- the-sale' of-
phonographs f or. Setinany and Englandi r the Bdieon^Unitea. Phonograph
Company, who control' these Rights, buy of the Phonograph Worke
most of the phonographs solid in those countries. ThemSnufaCture
of phonograph Cylinders ie now a large' and steadily increasing
business.- The cylinders manufactured at the Orange Works, are in
universal use in phonographs all. over the worJtfU In addition to
manufacturing phonographs, the Works manufacture under a favorable
and perpetual contract,- all the line dating and numbering ma<»ilnee
sold by the Bates Manufacturing O^cpany throughout' the Worlds The
Works also manufacture for the Edison Manufacturing Company, fan
motors, ’ X Ray apparatus, Kinetosoopes, and ten different kinds of
medical apparatus, also ampere meters, battery parts and' other
specialities originated by Mr Edison from' time to time. *
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
Edison Office Telephone, 6 B Dover, N. J.
Orange “ " 311 Orange.
Edison, SujjjgjEX Co., N. J.,
Manassiasnt : -
Thomas A. Edison is President of the Company, he holds
a majority of the Stock. Though it is not generally known
Mr Edison when 24 years old , owned and successfully ran Machine
Shops employing 225 men. Since then he has been constantly a
large owner of Machine Shops. He has been invariably successful
in his management of a manufacturing business. He gives much of
his time td the improving of tools and methods used at the
Phonograph Works, making no charge for hie seavioes. Mr W- E. Gil
more, formerly Assistant .Superintendent of the Edison Machine
Works at Schenectady, ie a thoroughly competent and energetic
manager. The shop is now runing to advantage, the tools being
well arranged and the organization oomplete.
History Bonds
The Works started ten years ago. The Capital
Stook not proving large enough, Mr Edison advanced $421,000. in
cash to the Works. He hafe been paid interest at 6% on his
advances and $121,000. bh the original. He held demand notes of
the Works on August 2nd 1897 for $300,000, bearing These/ he '
exchanged for $300,000. of the Bonds of the Company bearing 5^
interest. . • ' .
300 bonds each $1000. paying 5% per annum in
gold, interest due August 2nd and February 2nd. The principal
and interest are payable without any deductions for National,
State, County or Municipal; taxes, The payment of each, and all of
the bonds with interest is equally secured without. preference,
privity, or distinction as to .the.lien or. otherwiee;.of one bond
over another. The Fidelity Title And Beposit Oongiahy of Newark ie
Trustee for the Bond Holders under the mortgage, \ 9onds may be,
registered,' i ,,
Mortgage?" ... j -x, <: v- 1 ’
The mortgage was.drawn by oflmpetent^lawyere thoroughly
to protect the interest „of theiBona^Holdere'-. ^e. Works.are.-given
all reasonable freedom to oonduat business, *so.long as there is
no impairment . of the security and. all. obligations are prepsrly
met. The Works are to eign all papers .needed to make mortgage
cover extensions, the Worke to keep the taxes properly .paid, Insur¬
ance of $250,000. to be carried and looses payable to holder of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
WORKS:
Edison Office Telephone, 5 B Dover, N. J.
Oranqe “ “ 31 1 Orange.
Edison, Sussex Co., N. J., ■ •
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mortgage and Trustee for the Bonds. The Works are also to keep the
buildings in good repair. In case interest is defaulted, or any
breach of mortgage rune for over six months, the trustee enters
into possession and runs the plant for the behefit of the Bond
Holders. In case any default for one year, on request of l/3 of
the Bond Holders, the entire ieeu» of Bonds become due and the
trustee, if l/3 of the Bondholders so elect, must sell the property
to the highest bidder.
The Works to pay §3,333.33 yearly on mortgage of
§20,000. now held by the Mutual life Insurance Company
Assets and liabilities. Deo. 1st. 1897:-
-SAssetsS-
$ 41,000.00 Real Rotate
110,391.09 Buildings and Fixtures
& 267, 478.78 Machinery and Tools
50,000.00 Materials, Raw, Finished and in process
' ' of manufacture. •
13*200.00 Bates Stock
t / 11,134.77 Amount due from Reoeivier N.' A. p. Co
U so,3i<( "S 30,376.47 Accounts receivable { All Good)
L, 5,897.11 Oaeh on hand
-suabilities:- [
• a • !
Capital:. Stpffk; §600,000.00
Bonds .and' Mortgage 320,000.00
K '2^, '2'j — Aeeotmt* payable 17, 974. 63
Cost of - Sales including Qeneral expanse and DspreOlatlon.aleo _ _
r-i-i
Cost Profit sales
§127,685.52 For year ending Feb 28,1895 §49, 149. 65§176,835 .17
§82,094.65. > Feb 29,1896 25,139.97107,234.62'
§114,189.73 Feb 28,1897 21,781.74155,971.47
The estimated profit for year ending Feb 28,1898 based ' .
on business of year to December let, 1897 ie§30,000. The extra
profits of the year ending February 28,1895 were due to the Af.^s
liberal prices allowed bjf the Bdleon Manufacturing Company for
manufacturing KinetoscOpee. . &■
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
3ENERAL OFFICE8:
SON LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
Edison, Sussex Co., N. J.,
1896 1897 x C m
March $11,218.36 $11,748.31 * nl.Lv
April 15,126.42 12,380.59 ^ / 7
May 22,386,08 14,303.74
June 15,853.61 17,180.71
July 13,927.52 11,905.20
August 10,002.01 11,968.11
September 12,766.41 7,945.05
October 9,193.34 13,381.61
November 7,592.97 18,791.35
2. i 3 xy m'/'rt
About October l8t,1897 themanagement
of the National Phonograph Company wae consolidated with the
management of the Phonograph Works, largely increased sales have
shown the wisdom of this consolidation. The Works are now vary
busy having unfilled orders amounting to $60,578. During the past
year marked improvements have been made in the instruments and
the new models are very popular.
The Works do a cash business and neither take nor give
Bonds now offered; -
Bonds numbered,
Nos 49 to 60 inclusive Due August .2,1907
" 61 to 72 * M * ■ * 1908
" 73 to 84 " « " " 19091.
» 85 to 88 " * * * 1910
I will be pleased to name prices or give any further
information desired.
laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
New Jersey.
January
[FROM WILLIAM E. GILMORE?]
Orange , N. J. April 19th, 1898.
Olmsted:-
Oat prices On the following material for tha aooount
of the Edison Phonograph Works, delivered at the Erie R. R, Phono**
graph Works
2o thoaand hard red' Jersey briok.
20 barrels lime, SO cubic yards of broken stone, suitable
for foundations, 120 pieces blue stone caps 16* x 16* x 4* «?<"•
17 * * * « 12* x 12« x 4* _ V
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Yours very
Orange, N. J. April, 19th, 1898.
Olmsted: -
Please get prices delivered Via Brie Railroad to
Phonograph Works, • for the following material.
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All of the above to-be'of first class>quality •;
Yours very truly,
V.P.
0 ranee, N. J. April 19th, 1898.
(Ht)
Also get prices on 26 thousand square feet 1
, \
hfemlook planed ones ide, l^v thousand square feet novelty siding
13 thousand square feet 2x6 x4 16' matohed spruce flooring, 21
thousand square feet 7/8 x^9 xJL6' matohed pine ooiling planed
one side, beaded in the kiddle, ^11 thousand square jfeet heavy
rosin sized building paper, 1^2600 square feet P. .& B Roofing,] 45
windows 40 lights, 10 x 12 x 1-3/4; 4 .windows 12 lights9x 12 x 1-1/
Windows complete with oords, weights and frames4and siUs ,to be
used with wooden building, 18 doors 3* x 8'
Ask some of the Orange dealers, as wen as those at
Newark and Jersey City, particularly ask Conover Brothers.
Yours very traly,
ia^Jr
95 Milk Street,
Boston, May 19, 1898.
W. B. Gilmore, Esq., Trustee, /\ ' : . ~'~$k
o/o Edison Phonograph Works, i ' • !
Orange, N.J. r---- • • I
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Dear sir: : !
Your favor of 18th inBt is duly received with enclosures
as stated, and I am obliged for the check for our people.
I return herewith the $800.00 eheck, duly endorsed by
myself as Trustee, and the receipt of the Edison Phonograph Toy
Mfg Co. for the $206.25, whioh latter will I think cover our posi¬
tion all right. I assume that you will take a similar receipt
for the $800.00.
I note what you say about the remainder of the material,
and trust that an outlet for it may appear before long.
Very truly yours,
[ATTACHMENT]
Boston, May 19, 1898.
RECEIVED OP J . W. Mackintosh and W. E. Gilmore, Trustees
under a certain Agreement dated November 20, 1895, the sum of Two
hundred and Six and 25/100 Dollars, the same being payment in full
for certain insurance paid for by this Contpany, and provided to be
reimbursed to it under the terms of said Agreement of November 20,
1895.
Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company,
Treasurer,
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RECEIVED of J. V/. Mackintosh and W. E. Gilmore, Trustees under a
certain Agreement dated November 20, 1895, the sum of Eight Hundred
Dollars (§800.00), the same being payment in full for certain insurance
paid for by this Company, and provided to be reimbursed to it under the
terms of said Agreement of November 20, 1895.
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EaBoa for piers to be of concrete of the following; pro¬
portions, one part Atlas .cement, three parts Sharp sand, 5 parts
clean broken stone.Oaps, to be of blue stone not less than 4» thick
All work- to be done ' i a thproughworkma*1 1*'', marine* ' » d
in accordance with drawing marked A4 furnished by the Kdison Phono¬
graph Worksnyand subject to the inanition of the engineer of the
owner, said engineer to give all necessary directions as to dimen-
aions etc and his judgement. of the quality of the work shall bo
:o opted as final.
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1898. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company
(D-98-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison United Phonograph Co. Included are items regarding
the company’s financial problems; business relations with the Edison
Phonograph Works and with inventor-manufacturers Gianni Bettini and
George V. Gress; the formation of the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph
Co., Ltd.; and contractual disputes with French and German phonograph
syndicates. There are also company financial statements. Most of the letters
are by G. N. Morison, secretary of the company, and are addressed to Stephen
F. Moriarty, vice-president. There is also correspondence by Moriarty and by
John E. Searles, president of the E.U.P.C.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the items not filmed are letters detailing routine daily operations of the
company. Other categories of documents not filmed include meeting
announcements, letters of transmittal and acknowledgement, untranslated
foreign-language documents, Moriarty’s personal correspondence, and
duplicate copies of selected items.
S.E.Moriarty Esq.
London, Eng.
My Dear Sir:
I was greatly disappointed to receive no letter by the
St Louis on Saturday confirming your cable of the 23rd. ulto. as to
the completion of the underwriting and the organization of the new com¬
pany.
I received today a note from Seligman's people stating that they
expeot the payment in full on the 6th, inst. of the amount due them on
that day. I have had an interview with them and they state that the
liquidation of their relations with their Paris house growing out of
some changes in partnership necessitate this settlement. X have cabled
you this evening to this effect and hope to hear that you are able to
make a remittance of at least sufficient to cover their claim, otherwise
the situation will be an embarrassing one.
X have not yet been able to prooure the information desired about
the German patents but am following it up daily.
Hoping for wire and mail advioes tomorrow I am
copy.
Charing Cross, 0., January 4,1898.
Messrs. Deutsche Udison-Phono/n-aphen Gesellschaft,
Dear Sirs:-
Oologne, Germany,
Your favor of the 24rd December is received, and in
answer we will state that we have already officially informed you
that under no circumstances will we at any time in the future con¬
sider any change in your contract whatever, "’n have gi van you ev¬
ery opportunity of accepting what we consider a fair proposal, and
as you have not done so we have reverted to our original contract,
and repeat officially that under no circumstances will we even con¬
sider any change of it in the future, so that all discussion of it
way now be dropped.
We also beg to notify yom in relation to this discussion
of the patent suits, which you have on hand, that we g*ve you a
very esyended time to examine these patents before you completed
your contract with us, and you employed expert lawyers and patent
experts to give you the best information, and after a most careful
and thorough examination of the patents, you and your Board of
Directors decided to purchase from us those patents, and it is now
incumbent upon you to protect those patents, and while we are will¬
ing to give you every possible aid in relation to them, we cannot
decide these questions for you, as they must be decided by the
German Courts. Our belief is that all these different objections
are to a great extent frivolous, and as we have already given you
such information as you asked for, and you expressed yourself
satisfied with the information we sent you in relation <to the
polignal recording point, wo onnnot see that we can aid you further
in this matter, except by our wisheB’ that you may he successful,
and our belief that you will be successful in all your patent
Buits, as have been the Kdison-Bell Co. in theirs.
In relation to the last clause of yoiu' letter, in which
you again refer to the change of your contract with us, we respect¬
fully submit that this question is now closed, and wilfc not amain
be re-opened by us under any circumstances, and wo will now adhere
to a striot observance of the original contract which we have with
(Signed.)
Yours truly,
Stephen P. Moriarty,
New York, January 18th, 1898.
My Dear Mr. Merlarty:- PERSONAL.
1 regret that wa ware not able to get a quorum TOr
a Board Meeting this morning, ao that we were obliged to have the
Power of Attorney passed by the ttxeoutive Committee, but hope thia
will be aufflolent.
I had a amoother trip returning, but waa very miserable
all the way over, notwithstanding thia however I worked lard for
several days on the ship, getting the miscellaneous memoranda af
information into some sort of tangible shape
I re oelved a note from Mr. Searles upon landing to the
effeet that he had to go to Boston, but would return Sunday morning
but to call him up on the phone the next day, and he wuld let mo
knaa at what time 1 could see him oarly on Monday morning, l there¬
fore decided that this would not suit, and wrote him asking for an
appalntment late in the afternoon or evening, and sent the note,
as welft as yeur letter to him, to hie house by Cornelius, whs
notified me the next day, Sunday, that Mr, Searlea would lot mo
know on Monday.
About 4:30 e'oloek, Monday, I sailed him up en ths phene,
not having heard from him, and he asked me to seme at ones to hia
of flee with the Contracts and papers, as he wanted to look them
over before talking with me, ao I made up ray mind to go down and
aot as circumstances prompted me.
I entered aa if l felt aura of tha sueoesa of the business
and reassured him, although he first wanted to know when we oould
get the money,' and made an appointment fbr eight o'olook, at hia
house that evening Monday, as I showed him how useless it would be
to commence my story then. I however first showed him your Cable
™$,eF/*ine d,)ba*/ 1 •und0r8t°?d *V ^
I went K his house as arranged, and opened the matter
with a short synopsis of events without referring to any notes,
to whioh he listened attentively for fifteen or twenty minutes,
and I produoed a good impression to start with, an/ from that on,
we got right into it, and I was obliged to meet all his oritioiams
of everything, the Power, and the Contract attached, line by line,
but after over three hours solid talk, I , left him ^really enthused
over the business. ,
He objected tb that part of the Agreement which relates
to Hough, he thought there might be a law suit with him, whieh
would be expensive, however 1 explained the reasons for the Hough
After the Power, we discussed the Cash and Stook allot¬
ment, and the amount which would probably be paid to the under¬
writers, whieh latter he thought very excessive indeed and eriti-
eised the possibility, or perhaps probability of our not getting
one -third into wit, in: the sash, ‘iUf^the
Cash of 47600.-, howevevAthe dlaeussion was finally endsdy and, I
felt with credit to myself.
In addition I urged most strongly, several thirig*,
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FIRST. The absolute necessity of acquiring the Multiplex.
SECOND. The getting hold of the Duplicator Patents.
THIRD. The Control of the Works output.
FOURTH. That.no No. 2 Machine must go abroad.until the new
Company is formed.
FIFTH. A satisfactory Cable te you at ense, whioh I sent,
not altogether as I could wish, but the best that could be done, as
he insisted on that part about the payments. He expressed himself
as inolined to put money enough into the business , say $25000. te
pay^loan Edison for a Contrast for control ef the Edison machines
output, and with a view to controlling the National Phonograph
Company, and putting a good man at the head of it. He has a great
l tsrtj a
idea of Tewksbury as a shre*dman,AI said, yes, shrwdd but trisky.
I showed him how the Company had suffered from delays,
and by not putting sufficient money into the business te make it
gs,' and urged his going into it to win with sufficient capital-; how
you oeuld not attend te urgent business for want of money, etc.
He was approached by Dickinson sera time age, as I told
ysu.and he wanted Searles to buy dut Bettini with him, ftar both the
United States and hiB foreign business for say 15000 te #20000»*v^
®1V# Di-kll,l‘#<* •“ but Mr Searles to be
■ny for9lRn buslMM' Mr. Searles has
seme idea of this still, but a suggestion is not a realty, and
Bettini has nothing mush te sell#
I will again put him in comaunicatlon with Cress, whs I
h~r 1. no. Wlw M. ..hln.., .... »,nM.lphl.,
instead of New York.
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He however so far is afraid to put much money in until
the English business is a little further along. I urged his plan-
ing an order at onoe with Edison for 10000 machine*, but he says he
does not want to see Edison quite yet, he wants to be Ale ts make
Edison a dec isive proposal, and to be able to plaee large orders
with him say^that 10000 order, and some assurance of others to
follow soon after. 1 tried to urge action at ones, and to show
him how he could lose nothing by giving such an order himself,
rializ V ^
I am more or less oonvinoed howevei} now; that Searles
wants to take it up, but has not yet quite got^aek bone enough.
Volkmann after several attempts managed to get in to see
him on Monday, arid wanted Searles to alter the Contract; ^that* the
Berman Company was paying too mueh, that he Volkmann, cftuld buy
Maohinea here muoh cheaper than you quoted and he had a mass of
letter# sent him by Stollwerok, and tried to present his ease.
He tried to make a point on that part i
l contract
whieh stipulates that they need pay nothing unless they aold 1250
machines, but Mr. Searlea said, you have sold them, and therefore
must pay. He elfso said hia territory was being infringed, ete.,
but Mr. Searlea gave him no satisfaction, and told him you had
I showed Mr Searles your last three letters ts Stollwefck
•nd 1 am glad I had them, for Mr. Searles approved of them, arid
said-Moriarty has got his fighting clothes on now.* I relied ...
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ho has Indeed, and he ean win against any odda or words to thpt
effect.
Seligman & Company, demanded of Searles on .Tanuary 6th,
$102,000.
Mr. Sear lea eaid he might go abroad in about a month, and
would then have a talk with Moriarty.
I spoke of Oouraud's stock, and he approved of getting it
if possible. I will try to see what can be done.
Mr. Moriarty, we must sooner or later own the whole
business or at present endeavor to dear the field of all others
like Bettini, Kress, and also control Edison, and then work our
territory well, with a view to ultimately, possibly making some
combination with the Graphophone.^ This is in the nature of a
reflection of my thounhts. J/u ^'"*'7
^ I insisted on the contract being passed without a word
at the meeting, and without showing it to Hughes. I have not
shown Mr. Searles the wecond oontract, that was incomplete, but
gave Mr. Searles a kittle memo of a few points without letting him
know I had it, so I hope you have sent me the completed one.
__ffhe_ time of 30 days for delivery after receiving order
i.8 too short. The phrase of Labor & Material, plus 20# is not
sufficiently clear. Does that mean the cost the Works charge us
and 20* additional, I take it it does not, but remember Labor
and Material is not the whole cost of
a manufactured artiole.
General Kxpenee is an important ^tem in eoat. Are we to have any
profit on Rdlson'a Bills to uat this should be made vary clear as
we have office expenses, and so have you, all of which oone out of
the orders or rather I should eay, they outfit to. I write this
Just to safc you to think this over once more.
f do not know whether it would be possible to get any of
the options renewed, but would likemto have you views, I think Mr.
Sear lea fSvora doing so if possible.
I had a pleasant viait to your sisters this evening, and
you wilft no doubt be glad to hear that Mies Christine is looking
so mush better,
With kind regards to MTa. Moriarty and yourself.
Yours very truly,
Now York, January 20th,
My Dear Mr. Moriarty:-
In reply to your flavor of January ft 2th, I have bean
doing all in my power to stimulate the interest of Mr. Searlea in
the business, and «t«M I think with some good results.
At his House on Monday evening he intimated, as I wrote
you, that he might take hold of the situation here, and he said to
me to-day, that he had sent a man to the Mines', in regard to
business relating to the Mine, who had 15 solid hours of talk with
TSdison, and that he could not see Mdison for several days in regard
to control of the output of the Works, the National Company, etc. ,
but that he wanted to make both these things work together, thatv
is the matter he had in hBnd in regard to the Mind, might help him
in matters of this Company, and he said to me that he had positive
assuraneea that no sales of the Ho. 8 type would be mads until he
came to an understanding with him, therefbre^priess^T wbsdtted
until then, but no doubt the matter sill be settled in a few days.
In regard to the Multiples, I sailed there and fbund Mr. ’
Cress was out of town, but will return in four or five days, mi
his Son gave me the Impression that his Father would be vary glad
to make some sort of an arrangement, or to duBeuss the Multiples
setter with Mr. Searles, and he thanked me for my efforts in sn-
deavorlng^to bring them together, whleh I thought surgured sell.
I also called at Bettini's , with the intention of pur-
’h"‘"e h»l«« «r.i obtain.. Hr. pradM M
? 8m- »nold.„»,iij, of p.ttinl
meeting Mr. Searleo, came up.
Bettinl at first was inolined to be saroastlo, and to
refarjto.pur, not sending any orders or dping any business, but I
stopped thip-at onos, and, I said that if we dlseussed the business
again, we should. probably ppt- the, matt er through in a vary short
time, and I told; him .that. I, > would fix a time next week, inconven¬
ient to Mr. Seerleo,. to. meet in,Mr., Bettini's offioe, where any
new improvements vpould be, shown.
I told Mr. Searles what I had done, of whioh he approved
although he is -inolined to put, anything off a day or two longer,
and I have heard that this. war characteristic of him, so 1 mi all
wateh .matters all the tims. and urge thorn along..
s-Betttni :has.been working hard el nee ha flame., bask, and he
has a new machine,,! flaw the rough mpdfll, the maineehaft has a
groovfl in it underneath, and the Mapdrsl movea frqm one end to the
other, so that when you wish, to repast the retard, you release a
spring. afl^flhed tp the right end of the mandrel, and you slide it
bask to the smarting point. It, is a elosk -motor.
Bettinl Vs patents for, the Duplicator .would be useful to
the Oompany, and-his business for his attaahmant is inersasing
rapidly, and ..thsy:rsflll ^bqut twenty a week. His .record business
is also increasing, and it would be worth controlling, if it son be
don* with&ut spending much money.
On general principles, i»hwould be an advantage to this
Company to gontrol all phonograph >
bueineas and Patent., and stop theae peopl. from intrinsic our
territory.
w. Mould aoqolro tap no. Potent th.t m pot of w
a trengthtuinbur patent righto.
* have talked aoraething on thie strain to Mr. Searlao,
and ha io not altogother >*Verae to it.
Mr. Volkmann called again to eee Mr. Searloo yeaterday,
but he told hl» you had matter, entirely in oharg. it/regard to
Germany.
Mr. Searies said to no' that Volkmann stated that the
German Company had purehaaad only a few hundred machine, from u.,
but X inf aimed him that Mr. VolMmm, or Mr. Cto Wak „*** J
be relied upon in rogard tor.thair atatemanta eonaarnlng the
buainaaa, and that ha -hould be Mi* wary aa to Mat ha Mid to «»
them, alaa that the German Company had made in Germany a quantity
of machine., and that you had reaeived from an .apart, report, in
rogard to the German Company* a buslneea.
Mr. Sadrle. informed aa that he had paid a part Of J. ft
W. Saiigman & oo'a Aaeouht, aa ha hai bean oblige* to.
Mr. Saarlaa, I thinj.^jiii pu.h thing, right along «*,.
and X .tatad that wa would r.MiwJ* Proapaatu. within a day dr
too, and that whan it wa. onae iaauad, it was binding, and that hi
would have no raaaon to fear the fhilura of any part of the nego¬
tiation, therafor. there wa. no need for holding baek any longer.
Mr. Searles ia more convinced now that I represent you
here, and he » does not seem averse to it, or of ray being raade ao-
<Iuainte*Awith such fasts as you may write to hin in your personal
Betters, in fact I think, he, has beennperfectly satisfied with my
trip abroad,, and pith the report I have given.
Xhe printed documents you refer to in your letters, I
have shown to Mr, Searles, and retained them in my. possession.
I note your remarks in regard to Mr. Boardman, and will
give the matter attention,.
Share ia, one thing,. h-pre that I, pbjest to, and I do. not
yet see how it can be, oversome,. namely the employment of MeOhesney
on this Company's business.
,M*> s,W^«e gays him. the letter of Stollwarek dated
November 7th, and sent him to sse. Hoghfs, but , Hugh., not.be, yablo
to attend to it, he sent him to Dyer, but as 1 was away at the
time I suppose there was po one else to attend to it, however he
always seems averse to my attending to anything with th. lawyers
for him, but he gave me all the correspondents today, whl*.i «.
forwarding to yoi* under separate, .over.,
Mr. Searle. dirseted MsChesnsy to say to Dyer, that ha
wanted him to look into , this matte**, and, that ha would retain hits
if t hop. Bp.r ,1U no, »r»
interests.
You will, notis. Dyer's reply i. addressed to MsOhasnay, a
" T k"p “FlM °f ■*» I«t«. fop rn,» tmtk
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MoChesnay always rankles ms whenever he epeaks, he said
yesterday, "how Is Moriarty, is he doing anything over there,
where is he stopping at, the Cecil*, I said yea, he remarked »He
must be naming up a pretty good Hotel bill*. Knowing all the
oiroumstaneea, it made m« fail sueh a eontempt for the fellow, I
could hardly keep from giving him a piece of my mind.
I have an idea that Mr. Searles must have had some
remarks made to him about the Works people and Kdison not being
friendly to me, vhioh I believe is altogether a mistake, for 1
always got along well with them, and I simply write thia, as in
the course of events, for it is really not worth mentioning.
Your Brother's hate fit him well, and I delivered every¬
thing you sent over. Your Brother intimated to me that from your
letter to him, he seems to have expected I could do something fbr
him, but 1 oannot Just yet.
I gave him some information as you suggested. '
If Ilri Searles obtains control of the Rational Company,
the Works, or Cress, or Bettini, in any other way, than simply the
purchase of the Patents, you must insist that you are represented
properly, espe elally OA he has MeOheshey.
Your interest must never be loss than his* In the
records from Bettini, there are some now ones, that he has never
made before, such as the voice with Band accompanyment; some of the
othersl bought because they contained some foature. Several are
not loud, but sweet, and you should haye a variety. The records
. -6--
I will get from . Tewksbury, will be of a different character.
.XJhope you' will like the Bettlni reoorde, and he says
they are originals, from whioh henusually Ohai fges double the list
price? this accounts for the fact that we got no disoount on this
bill.
I fought for1 better prices, but they would not let me
have these goods at 'all #&r a leas price, ds some of them, he only
has one original vlVft*
In talking fed lifr. Sealed on Monday night, I referred to
Mr. Annan, andiMr. Sea^C remai*e* that the people here, from whom
he Made eom9,4nquirie*v.A-nW knhw-'Mr. Annim as at all prominent
in the financial -toVld, 1?wi that he la known as an accountant, and
a nm whose word can be HPPn,, but not a great financier, or
a man of any very epct^aop^infiry standing.
Yoyrir very truly,.
Prrur/ru/.
J/: fllmarfy, 3r.uk
Jf/rlnuiri/ S>irrrt,
Y/jJ/myfJmuedyc/.
M LLIAM STREET,
S. P. Mori arty, Esq,,
London, England,
Dear Sir:-
CONFIRMATION 0? CABLE..
PHONOGRAPH, LONDON, JANUARY 20th, 1898.
SHATTERED NOT YET OUT READY CLERGYMAN; HAVE POSITIVE
ASSURANCES NO SALES UNTIL AGREEMENT WITH- ME. PRIDES CANNOT
BE REVISED UNTIL THEN. RO SEC HATER OPINION DYER STOLLWERCK
LETTER CONSULTED ROUNDNESS INFORMATION EQUANIMITY SABELLIAN
PRACTICABLE.
SEARLES.
Translation.
TYPE NO. 2 PHONOGRAPH NOT YET OUT. READY FEBRUARY lst^HAVE' POSITIVE-
ASSURANCES NO SALES UNTIL AGREEMENT WITH ME. PRICES CANNOT BE
REVISED UNTIL THEN. WE ARB SENDING OPINION DYER STOLLWERCK LETTER
NOVEMBER 7th. WILL SEND INFORMATION PATENTS AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
Yours vary truly, .
Saoratary.
Scfamt & 7U9im4otn
i ■ia/t/um tf/Plmarty, ?&> m*da*r fffatyZk£mtr X*m,mK
S. F, Moriarty, Esq,. ,
London, -England .
Dear Sir:-
We-andose *you letter reooivad from Consolidated Phono¬
graph Oompanie s rvlitdf Newark, N., J. also catalogue of their
records.
Mr. 'Tewksbury . is interested in this; company, aa well as
Waloutt & Leeds .
^'’/^/^J'anuary_21at^ 189^? .
Y ours, vary t ml3^ ,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
CONSOLIDATED PHONOGRAPH COMPANIES LTD
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.
PhRa °fr?phs* ®raph°Phone8, Gramophones,
B9S* ?®°ordB, and Everything for
Talking Maohlnes.
Newark,, N.J. Jan 4, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
27 William St., New York City.
Gentleman; -
This list hae juHt been prepared for the trade-, it in¬
cludes the heat 50-cent rdoords on the W. ^d.the only first
cl.se ato,k of the kind that we know of. The titles are standard
sellers. The goods are instock when y*u order them. The discount
arrel lots (150.) ia 40#; on l,X>0-and upwards, 50# from list.
Cash. -With each barrel will be supplied if desired 85
record lists for use, among Wur ,Ue,tomers.
IffWou^avor us you map be assured that there will be no
delay or substitution, a trial order
■ order will oonvinoe you of the
superiority of the goods.
Yours very truly,
OONSOLIBATBD PHONOGRAPH Cos. Ltd.
Per H. j. h.
Now York, January 22nd, 1898.
My Dear Mr. Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I have not yet learned from Mr. Saarlss, what view
he will take in regard to the disposal by you of any portion of
this Company’ 8 holdings in the new Company, so that if he eablea
you in regard to it, I would bja obliged if you would kindly send me
a copy of it.
I presume we will know shortly Just exaotly how mueh in
cash and shares, this Company will get, as the figures I have, you
know, are contingent , and depend upon certain arrangements you
may be able to effect.
I have been so very busy, not having a moment to spare,
that I have not yet inquired in regard to the House, but will do
so early next week.
Your letters of January 13th and ldth and 15th, the
latter simply an acknowledgement of letters/ are Just to hand, but
the contrast is not yet received, nor the Prospectus, there are
two steamers due to-day the St. Louis and the Campania, the the
probability is, that we have received the mall from only one of the
vessels.
Your matter with the Seligmans will be attended to at
once, and 1 will write you by next mall.
I have not time to refer further to your letters Just
received to-day.
Yours very truly,
-V Lo? f-J efts
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Mmn&ut djefaem S. Mfflerukm efcmv&irt/
we/i/wip flitmhdy, ffi» ?)lvu>A»t(t jMiwon/ SSaw^r -f ' , -
My Dear Mr- Moriarty:
Saturday 's mail brought me your letters of the
14th- which i have read with a great deal of care and inasmuch ug I have
heard nothing further from you by cable I assume that Mr- Coates bached
down on his absurd proposition and made you no further trouble in the
transfer of the Ddison-Bell business-
Mr- Morrison brought me yesterday your cable announcing prospectus
and underwriting completed and that you were waiting cable on prices
and advices concerning multiplex and duplicating apparatus, before sign¬
ing final papers- Replying to this he cabled you at my suggestion the
situation-
In the matter of prices Edison has refused to malte definite prices
on the No- 3- machine until he gets ready to build them and can tell
exactly what they will cost- My last advices are that the tools for
building these machines will be completed this weelc and that after the
1st. prox- he will be able to commence to manufacture and also to fix
prices- I am awaiting Mr- Ed.ison's return from.1. the mines to have an in
terview with him regarding the price and also the control of the machine
I was disappointed this afternoon to receive your oable in whioh you name
6,000 as the limit of the orddr- I had supposed it would be at least
10,000 and that with this leverage I could control his output until you
Jo/w&fmriU
Wr/i/urn, </. fflmmfy ft» %™>/*„f, &*»**
could arrange with Stoliwerk and get further orders, which in turn would
be supplemented by the French contract and so enable me to oon trol the
entire output of tho faotory • Other parties aro offering him orders for
upwards of 5,000 machines so that with this number i can scarcely hope
to control him* Still, l will do the very best possible and report’ by
cable immediately X get anything definite, also as to time of delivery.
X expect to close a deal with Grass tomorrow but have not yet come
to a definite point .with Bottini* On both these matters will cable you
as soon as anything definite can be determined*
I was glad to learn by your cable of today that, as the net outcome
of the new contract we will receive 45,000 Pounds in cash also 1/3 of
the ordinary shares and about 7,000 each of debentures and preferences*
As I wrote you some time since I am counting on a cash remittance ^ c*<z<z
not later than the 7th* of February in order to enable me to keep my
engagements*
I wrote you in my last of an interview I had with Mr* volkmann; and
despite my letter to him of the 19th* inst* copy herewith, I received
from him this morning a letter of which the within is a copy;*- To this I
am sending him an answer thi3 evening as per copy herewith*
xt is evident that stoliwerk is anxious to come to some arrangement
and X trust by the time you receive this you will have been able to re-
iiipen negotiations with him and arrange matters satisfactorily.
mt/t/wt' sf. MWarti/, Ma 7?rnt<6>ntt MvAkry Sttncfotf <7rc«.ia,
14tli. inst. and await tomorrow 's mail in explanation- I shall be pleas¬
ed to receive your friends and if practicable arrange with them some bus¬
iness to mutual advantage.
Trusting to hear by cable that your public offering this week has
been a success l remain,
S.p.Moriarty Esq.
Yours very truly,
Ms 44
London, Eng.
[ENCLOSURE]
Volkmann, Stollwerek ft Oo.,
S Worth Street, Hew York.
Hew York, Jan. 34th, 1H98.
John 15!. Searles, Esq.,
# 117 Wall Street,
Now York City,
Hear Sir:-
I fully agree with the statement that you make in your
note of the 19th inst. that a large business can bo clone in phono¬
graphs in Germany.
mmmoiTs.
The phonograph business has been lagging all over th*
It lias not heretofore been successful anywhere.
The cause has been high prices.
developing, since low priced machines are put on the
market.
A large business can be done with low priced machines.
It is essential that commercial machines should get into the
hands of the consumers at a low price, say not exceeding $2B.-
Mr. Edison fully realizes this feet.
So does the (iraphophone Co.
~u. eommeneial »0hl„e, s25._ ,lth
** di.oonn, for and a maUer ..u,, .< &0..
the same discount.
"Edison”. Home" machine can bn boontit for
^ » no. Phonoynaph, .hleh
-.pnodnean, cylinden .haven and . ,,a„a„m.
*17.- in qnantitiee,
, with recorder,
can be bought for
[ENCLOSURE]
§12.- of leas.
”01100 the tendency is for low priced phonographs.
No business of any magnitude can bo rtcme with high priced
machines*
They have given you ono-third of their capital stock, some
§80,000.- in shares.
They have paid you §50,000.- in cash for the patents and are
obliged to pay you §50,000.- more when they have disposed of i860
Phonographs and another sum of §50,000.- when they have disposed of
2500 phonographs.
That moan. praotlo.Uy , „„„ 0f s4„,. t0 ,Msa to th< oojt
or ...» phonograph, »v.„l, „„ con.idor.tlon 1, had for tho Sso.ooo
in shares given to you.
Is there any other reasonable way of figuring cost?
Oould the German Company be expected to "never mind" the cost
o+ the paten 1 8 and do business as though the phonographs cost them
only the actual amount paid for them?
"'ould any reasonable business man suggest this as a proper
course to be pursued?
v/ould you consider that a money making policy?
I think not.
The ho„„ni, i. obiin.d „ a pr„p0rtlon
*M ^ ’**«» *»«- ** Phonograph,
W1,°" *»»«»*». that ar. at
[ENCLOSURE]
-3-
th« prices stated, to anybody that wants them.
So does the Graphophone Company.
How can the Reman Company oompete, with a handicap of £40 . -
per machine?
YOUR STROMS POINTS.
The copperation of the inventors.
Put you have not got it,
i'ou iiave done nothing to stop shipments by Mr. Rdison or tho
0 rap ho phone Company to unauthorized parties.
Tho foot is you can't do anything, unless you hove the good¬
will of the inventors.
Rood-will means their interest.
Yon are not consulting their interest, when you force the
Rerman Co. to sell at high prices.
They want to build phonographs, because that means profit.
You can't give them any large orders, because you insist upon
high priceB.
Hence tho co-operation of the inventors can not be gained by
maintaining high prices.
. . YOUR WHAK POTTJTS-
Your company has purchased the patents upon a basis of exag¬
gerated values.
haVe 20t beon realized.
J say WcertfieiV#r Mall8ln« them?
• mainly not by insisting upon high selling
Prises for your distributing Companie
[ENCLOSURE]
-4—
— OKRMAN COMPANY’S STRONG POTMTS .
V*™** “»l«. •»■*», «M Mm, ttuJ~
All the necessary capital.
Men of undoubted standing and enterprise.
Managing expenses reduced to a minimum.
. TUB OqRMAN COMPANY’S WKSAK POTTJTS.
th. „■« of th. **,. th0 „„ „ pte„0TOta 8()
that they °onnot effect large sales.
OTNWBAL STATEMENT QV Bnwnrwn,,., .
You have a contract with the German Oo »m y, *t
- an Co. which they have o.are-
fully kept.
py *i-. ™.». «h„ „... mm* m. ao,„i,„,
oi the German patents.
n»y l»v. had 1... «h» 800 pho„„„r,ph. „a h.„ of
a little more than 200.
They have made every possible intelligent effort to increase
their sales, hut without success.
They have endeavored to maintain +h» „ ,
maintain the patents in the courts
P0“‘61'' - *» « — ■ -■> M. paoUaU, M.
oessful,
The out same of the patents suits has heeTLt «, ,
oeen^that they have but
V"' ~4,~- »"»••««
TK.y m «1M, to , „t,nt taltators
4 lr“PC"''"'!'s »»<> Pay nothing ft,. pa,ent<-. ■
0,nn'” ^ » «a. Of 1250
phonographs within
[ENCLOSURE]
m*w lf U“* *» .Oh.™ to ,„8ir
“ 1"" 1250 ■" "•»«•« Of, ». forth. r p„„t
result to you from your eontraot,
1’here is nothing in the contract which obliges them to buy
any stipulated quantity.
18 *" - “»“•»« *>* .bn™ them w
tain tlio patents against infringers.
^ U *" “» «■«««•* **«*. obllm. t,„m to
fin to, pa ton t. .u, «U... it i, to their intere.t to oo
<’”“W *"* "™" 6- <”*">■* *° oontinuo p.yin, for
■nito on cl for patent. ,,hioh d0 nol
-m m im mm w «... mmm, „m.
It i. to Mr. MW. intere.t th.t phonograph. ,ho„H „M
upon the market at a fair mice m „
• I-s oo-operation cannot be gained
any other way.
It i. to th. B»™„ Company ' . info,., ,„.t ,ho,aa ^
trol the business, and they can only do so h,
an oniy do so by avoiding excessive
charges.
U " t0 "°Wr inter98t t0 m°dlfy «“ tins, of your contract
because you cannot make money under it.
.whkr*: thk show pinches
a°” "" <IM too present oontOa.t
ed with m>man C0# ^ * d° any bUSine88’ heca,lae «*sy are burdon-
h ^ °ner°U8 *" ^ P-sent contract.
Vou have expected to *et additional payments of twice §.,0,000..
[ENCLOSURE]
but they cannot be made because the Oannan Oo. is too much handi¬
capped.
Vm.A'1' IS A REASONABLE RWROY?
The only good contract, is one which allows" ^ buyer and
seller to make money.
A contract that throws all the burden one way and all the
advantages the other way, generally leads to nothing.
You are not in a position to obtain further profits from the
Oerman business through payment of the second and third installment
of ftbO, 000 each, but you arc in a position to make your $80, 000.-
in shares cither ’valuable or worthless.
Hadn’t you better make the best of it by allowing the German
Company to make your shares valuable.
Pardon me for going into the matter in this fashion. I
do so because I cannot feel that I agree with you, when you state
that you are absolutely certain that Mr. Stollwerck could readily
come to a satisfactory agreement with Mr. Mori arty. On the con¬
trary, i think that the tenor of the enclosed communication indi¬
cates a dead-lock.
May I trust that you will kindly give this subject your
further consideration?
Always at your command, believe me-
Very sincerely yours,
John K. Volkmann.
(Enclosure)
[ENCLOSURE]
7«/m MwMhA
$te/i/wi* </. 'ftlmaufy. Pee-
S. 7/i7/Pr/ '4 on/, a tiecMtdrii
70nM/v/ rv' /- ~
27 W I LLf AM STREET,
7L
tf -H-Volkmann E3q.
8 worth st. H.y.oity.
. Dear Sir:
I have read with interest your epigrammatic letter of the
24th. inst. As 1 stated in my previous letter, I am not inclined to
attempt any settlement of the controversy with Mr. Stollwerk from this
side, but have by this mail forwarded to Mr. Moriarty copy of your let¬
ter with the recommendation that ho take up the matter at once with Mr.
Stollwerk.
I remain
0
35th- 1898 //<$£__
Yours very truly,
S. Phi! it/mif:
a?7fona*fy, $h& J&ou&mA
j/dvtjrjry SHtrectmf
7.£{'td/im/i/7M ,7u0e> JWj,
\d/Jm/7y(^
27 W I LLI AM STREET.
S. F. Moriarty, Es<*. ,
London, Englahd.
Dear Sir:-
25th,_:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -OP CABLE.
V(a bog to ^oknowladge receipt of the foliating cable
received this -day.
UNI PHONE, N. Y.
MATTERS ALL COMPLETED DELAY NOW DANGEROUS AMOUNT WE RECEIVE
CHECKMATE POUNDS CASH ONETHIRD ORDINARY SHARES ABOUT CHARMED H
DEBENTURES CHARMED PREFERENCES KNACKER REDEEMING CHARINESS
EARTHBOARD NEW COMPANY DESIRE POSITIVE GUARANTEE DELIVERY
MACHINES AT PRICES AND WITHIN TIME YOU SPECIFY CAN PROPENSITY
ORDER QUICKEST YOU SEND PRICES AND AUTHORIZE ME GUARANTEE DELIVERY
LIBERATED. MORIARTY.
Which we translate as follows
MATTERS ALL COMPLETED DELAY NOW DANGEROUS AMOUNT WE RECEIVE 45000
POUNDS CASH ONETHIRD ORDINARY SHARES ABOUT 7000 DEBENTURES 7000
PREFERENCES. FIRST ORDER NOT LESS THAN 5000 MACHINES NEW COMPANY
DESIRE POSITIVE GUARANTEE DELIVERY MACHINES AT PRICES AND WITHIN
TIME YOU SPECIFY ,CAN GIVE YOU ORDER IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND PRICES AND
AUTHORIZE ME GUARANTEE DELIVERY. IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN
ANSWER; TELEGRAP1
IRAN TEE
>H WITH
AS LITTLE DELAY AS POSSIBLES.
_
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(Translation)
Mr. S.F. Mori arty
Bdisonl^House
Neuilly s/Seine 26Jany. T898.
London.
Dear Sir,
T have never in my life received such a letter as the a
one which you sent me yesterday.- T wonder 'in what respect the
proposition which I wasgiven to make to you, is absurd, as this is
the extraordinary term which you employ. -
Ts it to hear you say that you are treating with different
parties at once,, that T have sacrificed to your interest.3, right up
to the present minute all my time * my money since nearly two
years ?.- ~ “Bo" you realise .dear Sir, the coat of my faith
in you ,and in your word,* in your numberless written affirmations
towards one ft all ?.-
You know better than T do what the true cause of the delays
brought in the negotiations of our affair, and you cannot have
forgotten, that you left us for a long year, with our heads under
water, In spite of my letters * my telegrams: * if at this date
there exists an opposition, you alone have allowed it to be created
& Mr.Zidler died of grief ~ “ -
T believed from our recent interview * correspondence.that I
would not be forced to mention the past: your extraordinary letter
obliges me to ,ft as a proposition can always be discussed, T must sk
ask you for some explanations.-
I could not accept gratuitously the proceeding which
might be convenient to you at this hour.pBoceeding.which^.I do not
hide it from you, astonishes me more than anything else, and whish
provisionally, T believe to be on yair part a temporary movement
of bad temper. -
Awaiting your other news,! present my sincere salu¬
tations. (signed) Henri Vuagneux.
P.S. Not a day passes that ! do not disturb our artists here.-
I had them even when your letter arrived: to-morrow the day after
* Saturday T have appointments with the s.ame object. Do you ima- ■
gine. I do all this without spending a penny ?- Do you also think
I do this for fUn ?- I have toot, the means , do you know. Judge
therefore of my astonishment on reading your letter. -
H.V.
New York, January 26th, 1898.
Stephen F. Uoriarty, Esq., PERSONAL
London, England.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
I have Bpent the entire day trying to get a Thousand
Pounde Sterling for you in response to your oable, received this
morning, and I really feel worked up over it.
It was not until a quarter before four o’olook, that I
succeeded in getting Mr. Searles to g6 with me to J. P. Morgan & Co
and cable you a letter of credit for trie amount, and Mr. Searlee
said to ma that I reply upon your sending a oable, stipulating that
the money i$ to be used in accordance with your letter to him,
dated January 14th, 1898, relating to Mr. Coatee, and that It is
to be used for ho other purpose.
He also said , and he meant it, for he was never more
earnest in his life, •Morison, if thisthing does not go through,
"I will never forgive you."
You will see from this that Mr. Searles has not yet
perfect confidence, although, Just before I left him, and after I
had met his every criticism, he was obliged to admit, that you had
alfay* been honest, nevertheless, I was obliged to use my very best
efforts to get this money.
I referred also today to the fast of his not having
cabled you in regard to the proportion of shares to be sold, but
he is of the opinion that if the Company getB L45000 In eaah, he
would not advise the sale of any share* at present,.
market is, first, then it
-2-
He will wait and see what the
oan be done by cable.
Youtb very truly,
My dear Mr, Moriarty:»
New York, January 28th, 1898.
I wrote you that Mr. Grass called, on Mr. Seorles, and
that Mr. Searles told him he would be through In a moment, and
naked him if he waa in a hurry, and Grass aaid no, so Mr. Searlea
admitted another gentleman first, but before Mr. Searlea finished
Gresa left, and hi a son told me that he had not made up his mind,
what to say to Mr. Searles,' he haa gone to Chioago, and may ge
South without seeing Mr. Searles, but his son has promised to ask
his father to write what he will do in the matter.
In regard to Bettini Duplicator, Mr. Searles said uyester
day when I asked him to make an appointment, that he wanted to
wait two or throb days, but I will push it through as quickly as
possible.
Yours very truly,
^ 1 - >
\
New York, January 28th, 1898.
My Dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONAL
I have JuBt obtained from the Western National Bank, a
Check for $253, and have paid your life insurance premium, amount-
to $258.75. Your brother added the $5.75 to the amount.
I handed my Check to your brother for $76.67 in accor¬
dance with my letter to you of January 22nd 1898,
While i was at the Bank, Mr Searlee asked ma again
whether 1 had received any cable from you ae to whether you wer.
obliged to use the thousand Pounds Sterling cabled you, because
he wished it returned if it was not required for Mr Coates.
In your letter to me of January 19th, which was received
this morning you stated you had sent me the latest Prospectus*
You also wrote Mr Searles that you had sent him one, which. he has
received, but I have not received mine, and .as he ha. not had
time to look at it yet, in all probability I will not .see it until
neat week, which I regret, as I wanted to understand it befbre
talking with him about it .
I am glad to hear that all the other old Directors stooc
by you in the Coates matter, but evidently Mr. Coates has renewed
his objections inasmuch^ you oabled for the money.
In * Just-* fewwords I had with Mr. Searles to-day at
th. Bank, h. disappointed that the Ordinary Shara. „r,
*" .0 a«oh, tat I pointed on, that ,„.y „„ proportion,,,!,
»W., ta.ay.r I than ta Bl.a to Jn„
you flgur. ,. m.k. ,u p,„,0„ ointooipi,,,,
-z~
I was in London, but which however were conjectural to some extent.
Your 8 very truly,
My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
New York, January 28th, 1898.
PERSONAL.
As requested I enoloee ^ mamorandumsof your aocount
made up in the same manner aB the previous one§ but which cannot be
placed to your credit until it is approved by the Board.
One Of the memorandums shows a total of $99,067.60. The
other which refere to the N6ta, shows a total with interest,
amounting to $3,493.89.
A full statement of this account, will be made up when
it becomes necessary to ask the Board for its approval.
Yoursnvery truly,
[ENCLOSURE]
MEMORANDUM.
Amount of previous memorandum
Interest from September 10th, 1897
to December 31,1897 on items
enumbrated in previous Memo say
#89,348.16 112 d ays at 1/
Compensation of #10,000 per annum from
September 10th, 1897 to December 31st, 1897
Interest from Sept: 10th to Deer: 31 i«97
#1056°288X^ii?°h a3 Per Br9Vlous ^y
$1056.28 112 days at per annum.
Expenses for October £19. 3. 0 at #4.8666
Interest from Ootober 31et, 1897 to
December 31st, 1897 at 6* ^er annS
94,176.69
1,665.97
3,111.11
19.70
93.18
.95 ,
99,067.6
[ENCLOSURE]
MEMORANDUM.
Note in favor of S. F. Moriarty, dated
April 11th, 1892. 2500
Interest 5 years & 60 days to June 10th,
1897 at 6# per annum. 879.01
3379.01
Interest from June 10th, 1897 to September 10th, 1897
at 6^- per annum, 92 days 51.81
Interest from Sept 10th, 1897 to December
31st, 1897, 112 days at 6% per annum 63.07
114.88
3493.89
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Monsieur S.F.Moriarty
■ London. . „ .
Dear sir,
T confirm my letter of 26th inst .to which I expected
an answer this morning - Nothing being to hand from you, T come to
remind you of it, for if I must answer myself to those who have
been willing to engage in this affair ,T have, up to now, in order •
to avoid being laughed at, not yet made known the extraordinary
manner which you have judged proper to receive the proposition
which is the most serious and reasonable under the actual oircnm-
stanoesjborn of your delays.
The capitals proposed to us .coming from Lyons, it was
very clever and quite natural, to catch the ball on the bound, and
as Paris is swarming, with phonographs, to try the automatics in 1
Lyons and Marseilles, where no exhibition of this kind exists as yet;
My principal idea was, as I told you, to enable youmto furnish
again almost immediately the Automat ics, the art idle which you
had consented to withdraw from the first contract. On the oppor¬
tunity of the experimant there is nothing to be said, as these
have bean tried in London '* in the countries where you have already
established them- Your refusal; nan therefore only 'be considered
as a pretext, and on this subject I must tell you that this is
the third timethat you withdraw, when you find yourself face, to
face with firm propositions on our part. X leave to the documents
which we have the care of commenting on these withdrawals. -
As far as I am personally concerned, I must repeat that
beside the deep ohagri n, which your attitude causes me, you are
confirming the action of those who, from the fiuat day to this hour
had interested themselves with me, and who, one at the time, have
abandoned me to what they called" . my dream in your sincerity". -
I have ten times prevented suits from being brought against" you
for engagements which you had taken, without it appears .being in
a position to carry them out .this from proofs which events have
brought to us, I waived aside all. these counsels, and allowed no
one to shake my confidence, being willing to trust your aff irmat iora
only.- T have neglected my position in Paris, spending without
counting, my time and my money, so as to devot e myself to your affair
only, and came here where our headquarters were to be, and here I
remained because from week to week during one year you announced
your return: X have not ceased to speak of your rights to all
preventing even a wider extension of the phonograph industry: and
dissuading manufacturers who were. ready to commence manufacturing,
telling them that their shops would be closed: I have refused pho¬
nographs which yGur competitors sent me here, making at the same ti-
methe moat splendfd business offers: amd to reward me for such
faithfulness which you might seek for uselessly in an other, v0u
write me that stupefying letter of the 25th.- I trust .Dear Mr;""
Moriarty that.; you will make me forget those lines, but, do so quick
ly ft believe me in this hope, always sincerely yours .
jfa/*u>£.$wrtetk 7HvdiWf.il/, 3KomaAJ& SW/bam $ TiPlemmu e&miWasp.
. sWWi'utori/ SHnelmf
boddon, England,
Dear Sir:-
I am informed that the price the Phonograph Works will
charge for their new Machine, will be $20.00. This Machine has a
Shaving -knife attached, and the price is made to compete with the
$10.00 Oraphophoni, which the Oraphophone Company sella for $12.-
with the -case, and an additional $5.00* for a Speaker-, nbuxidt
therefore if they wire to -charge #5.00 additional for a. SJmSbrr
thei*' machine would list $22.- whioh is $2^than the Edison .
Machine .
The Oraphophone people give a discount of 45 to 55# on
X believe 'all orders over 3b machines, but below thlat 30#, or
rather on .all orders <Yf iive machines or over.
Edison irtll undoubtedly give aboi^t a corresponding dis¬
count..
Hhe -above figures were reported to me, and I have not
verified them yet, but J will write -you again about it.
Yours very truly,
4/7't ■'r7'U~x. t -•
Secretary.
SIGNED
B HANOVER STREET,
(SIstsgofo. .
JO i C T a v y;
J5 . s. F. Morlarty Esq. ,j ^ T” :
London. ~ • ■ ,.j ' ^ j
^ My Dear Mr. Morlarty, ’ \
^ 1 ha^e yo^s of the 28th. Inst, and confirm
; “y telegram of to-day as per copy enclosed,
r' I fear from Lord Kelvin* s letter that there is no
n possibility of getting him as Consulting Electrician and wired
5 you this morning inconsequence.
r~ I have written him however and send you a copy of the
letter, so that it is Just possible he may re-consider it.
£ As I go to London on Monday night ,' there is no chance
l of my seeing him now which is most unfntunate, but he left home
^ some time ago and is not to be back till Tuesday at the soonest.
As regards Stollwerck, he has never received from me a
single atom of information, as you would see from his. letter, in
which he charges me rather bitterly with not being as candid and
open to him as he has been to me and stating that he was very
much surprised and*disagreeably surprised*^ receive* from a'third
Party as« Prospectus of which he had never heard a word from me.
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The Night Honorable Lord Kelvin.
The University.
'Hungry-;.
n,»ir Lord Kelvin,
Voov note or the 27th. inst. only reached
ny hands this morning, as X had left London before it arrived
thorn.
X at once telephoned to year residence to know if I
could have an opportunity of a few moments conversation with you
but found you had left, so X take this opportunity of writing shm
to inform you that it was quite Impossible for the old Company with
its limited Capital to do the business which is now suggested.
I regret exceedingly that you do not see your way to act
us consulting engineer to the New Company and would only ask you
if possible to ro-oonsider this matter.
The New Company win not' go to the public until the whole
Capital required has been privately subscribed and nearly all the
leading men in the old Company ;are members of the New Company.
The Capital for working purposes will not he less than
£50,000 and, as the now Company Required the business without
restrictions of any kind in addition to the Patents to which X have
[ENCLOSURE]
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already referred, X cannot. possibly son how it can be anything
but a great success.
naturally my colleagues are most anxious that as you
were the Consulting Electrician for the Old Company you should
continue to act in a like capacity to t he Hew one and if you can
possibly ro-oonstder this decision X should esteem it a great favor
if you would kindly wire me on the enclosed form to London on
Tuesday or Wednesday.
In the meantime, or course, I have given strict injunct¬
ions that your name is not to be mentioned as Consulting Electric!®
until your final reply,
Vours faithfully,
fJ
7 ^ CAcXT
Givis' ^
[FROM WILLIAM A. SMITH?]
New York, January 31st, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I called at Mr. Sear lea office to-day, and in the course
of conversation, asked if he had seen Mr. Edison, he admitted I
thought reluctantly, that he saw him last Friday, but that he was
going to have another interview this week, and I concluded from
his hesitar»oy, that ha had not accomplished much, or at least was
not as successful as his statements made to me from time to time,
as to what he could do with Edison, would iaa&xfcsxlcarxh naturally
lead me to look for.
Mr. Searles asked me again to-day if I had heard from you
as to whether fcrou had used that Thousand Pounds or not, I said I
had not.
February 2nd, Mr Edison is coming down from /the Mines on Thursday
3
evening February 3rd, and Mr Searles exp eote to see him on Friday.
I Baid to Mr. Searles last evening "You knbw Mr Sehrlee ^hat Mr
Edison will have to he dealt with oh something of a liberal polibj^
arid he thought Bi».
Yours very truly,
KINDLY NOTE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING YOUR SEVERAL LETTERS TO 3HE EFFECT
THAT THE PROSPECTUS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO
US, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS WRITING. DICKERSON MET
COL: GOURAUD, AND THE LATTER TOLD HIM THAT HE GOURAUD HAD BEEN W-
OAGED IN LAW SUITS, BUT HAD WON EVERY ONE OF THEM.
New York,
February 2nd, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
Mr. Searies told me last night, when I suggested
cabling you, as to what had be sin dbne ih regard to the Multiplex
and Duplicator, that he had received a cable from you, to the
effect that you were wait! rig to hear from Kiri fcrifore closing
contraet, and tha* he had rgp^ie^ fin Friday l^t, gs fpj.lqw*:-
•YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CONTRACT. *
Yesterday morning J again gehed. Mr Searies if I could not
arrange an appointment for him with Bettipi at once, and he fixed
the hour at five o'clock, yesterday, so I arranged to have Mr
Diokinson at Bettini's office pt the appointed time, and they all
kept the appointment.
Bettini informed me that Mr Dickingon was not interested
any
in any of hie things, in^other capaaity than as his lawyer, except
in the case of the "Lyrophone* .
The result of the meeting last ftight, and I was present,
is roughly as follows: -
The old Agreement with Bettini, which you know is an option,
will be renewed on about the same lines, for' say 60 days, with the
exception, that Bettini wants us to give him a positive order at
onoe for a certain number of Miorophonograph outfits, the number
was not decided upon, but th'ts point I think will be acceded to in
Borne measure by Mr Searlee.
You will notice in Betting prioe-liat, I mean the price¬
list which was handed to us whet) the contract was jnade, fixes the
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prioo of a Miorophonograph outfit, at #46.00, and that on the same
price-list is listed the Edison Phonograph Back-rod sleeve. Twin
Nuts, and Spring combined $4.50, whioh was dlctra^
The present prices, list thd outfit >at $46. 00, but it
includes the Back-rod Sleeve, etc* therefdrb the list is- #4.50
oheaper now than it was thSn, artd fo* thai ire to H KrtablA
j i t* , / rrf*
at present to do any better in the pf discourse, ^lfhpugh, when
we give a positive order, we can a.eppm^l^^^ ,sorr(ethi^ ip the way
of discounts in all probability.
I send jou one of their new price-lists.
The discounts on the records , as well as the microphone-
graph outfits, are the same as under the old agreement.
The "Lyrophone* was shown Mr Searles, and he thinks a
good many of them can be sold, because they are so oheap, to bo
used simply as a toy for children, and Bettini had some success in
this line when he was in Paris, although X do not think any have
been shipped.
I explained to Mr Searles that you did not °*re about
this, and that the machine was no good, it does not track, but the
one that Mr Bettini showed, worked admirably, ‘/at all events, there
is no objection to having the option.
Bettini told Mr Searles, and he has told me before, that by
your not meeting him in Paris, you missed an opportunity to make
#300,000., I do not think anything of this statement however, as
f«ot. and report, do not always agree, when it comes to paying over
money.
DUPLICATOR.
I should have spoken of this first, ds it is the moat
important.
Dickinson stated that hd pd^eriti HtttA yet bdbn takdri oUt
in Europe for the Duplicator, ^though he 444 mt foi\y tfjis to me,
when I met him a month or two ago, however he a^ted last night
that his patents applied for here, or as he put it, pending here,
are in such shape, that he can make application at once in Europe,
therefore Mr Searlee agreed to purchase at once the patents for
Great Britain for the Duplicator for the Bum of $2500. and will
have an option to purchase the otherB, that i$ for the other
countries, named in Mr Bettini's letternof June 18th, which you
have for say 60 dayB at the same figures.*/-^*-'//**- ■
As the Patents have not yet been issued, it is probable,
that no money will be paid over, until they are, although the
agreement will be exeouted, and that in all likelyhood Mr Dickinsoh
will be obliged to make application for the patents in all the
other countries as well as Great Britain, at the same time.
If you willnrefer to the letter of June 18th, younwlll
notice the following clause.
•You agree to purohase the apparatus from us for $500., and to
"purohase at the present time, one apparatus for each country
for which you shall desire to obtain the right to purchase
"the patent, when issued".
This olaAse was made a part of the condition of sale of
the patents, much to my regret, and I spoke my mind plainly in
regard to it, as we have ali'eqdy purchased three at the enormous
figure of $500. each, and Mr Dickinson then took Mr Bettini out of
the room to oonsult him, as to whether it would be advisable to
make any reduction in the price, which resulted in his stating
thdt if ten duplicators were pUrohased at a time, thk ^ricd wOtild
be $450. or 25 at $400. aaoh.
Mr Searlee will probably aocede to this in the contract,
but there 1b no clause to be inserted , unless it should be an
after thought of Dickinson^to the effect that we are compelled to
order, even the minimum number of raaohines within a given time, and
we can delay this probably sb long as we ohoose, therefore, if he
wants orders, he should make the price at a reasonable figure.
This is Mr Searles view, and as the main object was to secure the
patent, the matter stands in this shape at present.
I do not know in whose name this oontraot will be drawn,
but X may suggest that it be drawn in mine, as it Was a personal
master with you, and Mr Bettini, and I oan assign it to Mr.
Searles as Trustee for you. If I had a power of Attorney from you
that rwatiO* aeover such a matter, I oould have it drawn in your name,
but perhaps the other way will be satisfactory.
^UNITED STATUS.
Mr Searles told Bettini and Diokerson that he would take
up the matter of the United States, of which he has previously
spoken to Mr Diokerson in a short time, but had not time to discuss
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it then.
He told them that we had formed a Company abroad with the
strongest people, and that we were going to p*eh the business, and
in answer to Bettini’ s question in regard to Prance, which he seemec/.
persistent in trying to find out about, Mr Seattle s told him, some¬
thing to the effect that we were able to take care of that country,
etc, but Mr Sekrlss dbeS not febl that you have much charioe in
Pranoe, and we ape gwattigg ypur advices in regard to thgt poultry.
The new clock-motor -Phonograph, which Bettini is working
up, of which I have written you, was not shown Mr Searles last
night, as it w&b in the workmen' s hands, and Bettini said was
being improved.
The Patents oh this machine have not yet been applied
for in any oountry.
Yours very truly,
P.S. MULTIPLEX. Thera are no new developments in regard to this
at ■this fcritirijSft bdt ihs clatter is not fbrgotten, nor is it being
delayed how by Mr Segrlps. area? is away, but we are waiting for
» reply to ^ptteip whioh gis t^on promised to write, asking him to
make ua g proposition, or .gt least say what he would take for his
patents.
i think i shall suggest i
making him a positive cash offer for his patents for a sufficient
sum to show him that we are in earnest.
cable referS^to^iS8^ ^ °n aCC0Unt °f hls
something over $20,000 I diTnoi v** S°*rle* paid Hanry Seligman
be f oka “ J - » Hgpw the- gpioupt. when- I wrote- you
Now York,
February 4th,
My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
Your oable to Mr. Searles to-day, announcing the
time to go to the public, as the 12th, did not 8eem to be understood
by Mr. Searlea, and I learned of it by asking him if he had any¬
thing from yov and I enclose you a copy of a letter X have just
written him.
" ;!l Yours very truly,
FEBRUARY 5th, 1898. ^ / /■ l o ^
P.S. Your oable is just received this morning, and unforunately I
am unable to see Mr. Searles, as he has gone to Orange, he started
out alone, therefore, as he had not seen Mr. Annan yesterday, he has
undoubtedly gone to see Mr. Edison upon Company matters, and he
told me that he intended to see Mr Edison yesterday.
I will however call him up on the phone to-morrow, as X
do not think it advaisable to -telephone him to Orange to-day,
especially as I have been urging prices and he fully realizes the
importance of it.
[ENCLOSURE]
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f I LLIAM STREET.
John E. Searles, Esq., P?esideht,
117 Wall St., New Yohk ftilty.
Bear Sir:-
I have Just bean considering your cable.
Mr. Moriarty is doubtless correct when he says that all
the underwriting has been secured, and that £130,0f>0 had been paid
into bank, therefore as far as the United Company is concerned, I
take it they are entirely secured.
There are two classes of underwriting, the first under¬
writers have in all probability paid in the £130,000.
The second underwriters underwrite the first underwriters
also any additional sum to the amount of the total capital, there¬
fore as I interpret it the second underwriters, are the men wfto
want the additional protection, and have aqked for delay in order
that private subscriptions may be secured of sufficient amount to
secure tham for the Amount that was- not taXei by the first under¬
writers, say £40,000.
Upon this vj.ew there is no ^reason whjrour Company should
feel apprehensive, for we are eecured by the first underwriters,
xs:*J.&g: "“na -
O.N.Morison,
Secretary.
New York, February 4th, 1898.
By daar Ur. Moriarty:-
In reply to your letters of January 19th, 21at and 26th,
I thank you for the various information, and for the kind words
contained in your letter of the 2dat, for it la a pleasure to feel
that one’s efforts, are appreciated.
Your wishes in regard to Mr. Annan, will be carried but,
should he oall upon me, but I am inclined to think that he will go
to Mr. Searles without ooming to our office, in that case it la
more than likely I shall not see him, but yesterday in talking to
Mr. Searles, I referred to the fact that Mr. Annan would be here
to-. day, and called his attention to the different points you ■
suggest, and he said that he eertainly would hold the Company as
well as yourself.
I referred to the Duplicator in my last letter, and the
Agreement is not yet drawn up.
I wrote you that Mr. Oress had gone away, but I requested
his Son to write him, and ask for a proposition.
His Son has just called, and I shall endeavor to
take him to see Mr Searles this afternoon or to-morrow.
His son stated that his father instructed him to make
two propositions, a memorandum of which I enclose.
The First, in my opinion is otit of the question, mid the
second can probably be modified, my main idea being, to induce him
to make sane sort of a proposition that would srat the negotiations
_ Searl9a was a*ral4 that “ in^udi oious to aakx
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ask him to make a proposition, as ha might not be able to easily
other
recede from his figures, but I saw no way of reaohing the matter
on ao count of his absenoe, without causing delay , which is to be
avoided at the present time, therefore I feel that it was the best
thing to do, and 1 think we can reach a Conclusion.
There is one point that bothering me, if you and Mr*
Searles advance the money fpr the Duplicator and Multiple* patents*
the contracts should not be made in the name of the Company, if the
patentB are to belong to you andMr. Searles, but in view of the
Agreements, I think they cannot be kept separate, at all events I
will have to think this over.
You say you require these Patents for Croat Britain, only
and the- situation might be solved by making two separate agreemertts
one for Great Britain and another for all other countries, if the
patents are purchased for them.
While you require the patents now for Great Britain, it
may be deBirabls to take all foreign countries for thO Multiplex,
the Dpplioator I have given yon an outline of in my preVioup letter
I am very glad that the moat important men were brought
in by you, and am glad to see Sir Francis Knollys name on the
Prospectus, it is a very fine looking Prospeotus.
Mr. Searles has not answered your cable of yesterday in
regard to the 10,000 machines, as he is trying to see Mr* FdisOn
first.
multiplex. I took Mr. Gross's son to see Mr. Searles this after
noon, and have just returned.
The result is, that Mr. Grass will write hie father ask¬
ing him to make us a price for manufacturing the Multiplex portion
without the body of the phonograph.
We explained to him that the Company owned the Phonograph
Patents, therefore they had no right to ship any portion of the
Phonograph to foreign countries, and that the Multiplex was useless
without th. phonograph , and that even though we should purchase
the patent, (the figure was not discussed), we might want him to
manufacture the Multiplex portion anyhow.
Mr. Searle. told him when he found out that hie father
sold Georgia Pin. Lumber, 1-W hJMhe would have something
to say to his father very eoon^eo ttafl am in hope, of getting
down to some reasonable figure in a few days.
Yours very truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
mbmorndum.
Proposition* mads by 0. V, Grass, through hia son to Mr, G.N.
Morlson, in Now York, February 4th, 1898,
l,t PR0P03I*I°HJ Mr. Gross offers to sell his patents for his
Multiplex Phonograph and his Weight-motor—slot-
Phonograph in consideration of an order to him for
5,000 tops, which is the body of the phonogrq>h and
the Multiplex combined for the sum of #25,- sash,
1,000 to be delivered each year, for all fttrefcgn
countries outside of the United States ,
His list price for the Multiplex Phonograph is $75,00
8md PROPOSITION! Mr. Oress offers to sell his patents for. the
Mtiliplex Phonograph and the Welght-motor-slot-phono-
graph for all foreign countries for the sum of
$20,000.
Mr. dress would oonslder a proposition fbr his
patents, or would form a company for the United
States, and has an order now for 100 of his weight
motor Multiplex Automat is phonograph.
He does not sell his machines, but leases them upon
a renatl of $6.00 a month, this would nst #600,- a
month fcr the 100 machines, and the minimum duration
lease is one year.
&.rS/xu'Zj. 7hznWen(i ZTtomMjZ: Zjf/tAOH'. 0 TfiJJ/a'riilon/, Stcntaei/.
London, England.
Dear Sir:~
aoknowledgement of cable.
We beg to acknowledge receipt of the following cable.
UNIFHONE, N. Y. FEBRUARY 5th, 1898.
NECESSARY INCORPORATE CONTRACT PANKLSAW SIGNED MONDAY
ENGINEER CHASTITY MACHINES DELAY ADJUSTING THESE MATTERS
PREVENTS ISSUE.
MORI ARTY.
Which we translate ns follows
NECESSARY > INCORPORATE CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED MONDAY LOOT, ST
PRICE 10, 000 'MA'CHINEG DELAY ADJUSTING THRGE MATTERS PREVENTS
ISSUE.
Yours wery~ truly.,
tf/ZZ /'/ 'S o-*
Seoretary.
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S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We beg to acknowledge receipt of t,he following cable.
UNI PHONE, N. Y. FEBRUARY 3rd, 1898.
COMMITTEE DECIDED ORDER CHASTITY MACHINES QUICKEST AFTER
ISSUE PUBLIC COMPANY SELFMOVED YOU DELIVER
Which we translate as follows
COMMITTEE DECIDED ORDER 10,000 MACHINES IMMEDIATELY AFTER
ISSUE PUBLIC COMPANY WHEN CAN YOU DELIVER.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
New York, February 8th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONA!.
Mr. Annan called yesterday afternoon upon Mr.
Searles for the first time, therefore as he had arrived by the
Steamship * TEUTONIC on Thursday, Februaryv3rd, and had not pre¬
sented himself at once, I felt that he was acting independently, as
events have proved.
«r. searles was informed on -Saturday by Gilmore personally
while the former^ was at the Works, that a man had called there,
who had expressed himself as having heard unfavorable reports in
regard to you, and intended cabling to London to that effeot,
therefore I was inclined to the belief that that man was Mr. Annan-
. Mr* 30arle8 Jested to me yesterday that he held you up to
Mr Annan, and statedAthat "We were back of him* meaning that Mr.
Searles was baok of you.
Mr Annan said something to the following effect;-as near
as I can remember, namely
That he (Annaii) bad held you up for three weeks, and that
he became enthused over the business, but that his friends would
not take to it, that the English people did not like you or your
Mr Annan told Mr Searles some things that he had heard
here in regard to you, but Mr. Gearies has not tfcld me what they
are, but Annan Said, in not a very positive way, that he thought
your scheme would go through, and Mr. Searles was disappointed at
the doubtful way Annan spoke, and^calling it a "scheme*.
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Mr Annan exploded a bomb-shell, when he said to Mr
Searles, that he had received a cable from his partner on Saturday
February 5th, to the effect that only about one-half of the money
had been subscribed*
I confess that this was an extraordinary statement in the
face of your letter to Mr Searles of January 29th, your cable of
January 26th, etc, etc, and Mr. Searles did not know what to make
of it, and I admit that I was greatly surprised myself, but I know
that you are heart and soul in this business, and 1 believe you
will accomplish what you started out to do, however Mr Searles dic¬
tated a cable to you, which I sent off yesterday evening, it reads
as follows :-MORIARTY, PHONOGRAPH,
LONDON.
ANNAN SAYS HE HAD CABLE SATURDAY ONLY ONEHALF UNDERWRITING SECURED
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN.
SEARLES
I have no doubt that I will hear to-day that Mr Searles
has received a re-assuring reply from you, and I regret that this
has happened, because Mr Searles was beginning to take a great
interest in the business, and beginning to believe that everything
that has been reported can be thoroughly relied upon, especially
as we are about making contracts with Bettini, Gross and possibly
Edison, which ought to strengthen our patent position very muoh.
Mr Searles spent nearly the whole day at the Works witt
Edison on Saturday, February 5th, and the most he could do in re-
sard to the outfit of the Work., was to pet him to say that
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h0 would- give us one^hird, although he tried to get one-half of
the machines, but if we send in plenty of ordera, we can get more
favor, and Mr Searles atill thinks, that we can get all that we
require, when we show business.
You seem to think that an order of 10,000 raachinessof
the No. 2 type, ought to be sufficient inducement for Edison to drop
hia other customers, and give us the preference, but he has order,
in from the National Company for 10,000 maohines, and he is behind
on hia ordera for the "HOME" phonograph
Mr Searles says that Edison is successful in his iron
business, and Edison stated to him that he did not want a partner
now, that he was making money, or had all the money he wants,
something to that effect, that he might have considered such a
proposition, if it had been urged a few weeks ago when he saw Mr
Searles, but that thinga have changed since then.
The National Company have spent aboitt $12,000. in
machinery for the new machine, therefore Edison say. that they are
entitled to sane concession in pride on machines on this account,
but that he can cheapen them very muc* by buying more machinery Pf
improved pattern for manufacture of this No>E machine, and that
if Mr Searles or our Company, will buy aboui $15,000.., worth, or
give him $15,000. to purchase machinery, we would be entitled to
a corresponding concession in price of machines, so that the Nation^
Company would have no advantage over u.J in dddition to which the
actual cost of making these machined, *** * all probWriMty ^
be much lees.
Edisoq ha? a new Automatic Machine, whioh doeB the work
of a number of men, and .make? a number of parts of the machine in
one operation, and I do not believe that anyone will be able to
manufacture Phonographs as cheap or itS good as Edison.
I hear that the Grkphoph'one people wanted Edison to Join
tHem* or affiliate himself with them in some Way, And when Mr
Searles told Edison that he knew the Gpaphophons people had been
out there for this purpose, Edison, was much surprised that he had
found it out.
Mr Searles said that the Graphophone Company were buying
the v?Home "Phonograph from the National Company, and considered it
a better machine than theirs, therefore they were exchanging^any
Graphophone* sold to their customer*, and allowing $5, oo'f^andeell-
ingAin exohange a "HOME" Phonograph.
I negleoted to aay that Ediibn remarked to Mr Searles
that if he did need a partneh, (j 'belieVei this referred to the
United State*;) that HW kniw of no tnari ih Am&ridii that he would
rather l^ave than Mr dearies,
I believe that -Mr Searles^ s,in faVor of opening a place
in Paris, and stocking it with Edison Machine** arid taking whatever
business we can ge.t, beoariste Edison -makes the best mAchines, Ahd
will make them oheaper than anyone else, and Mr Searles thinks that
if we are satisfied with * -fair profit, W op probabl-y re-establihA-
ourselves there, or at .least -get -a goo.df 4aW of the, business.,:
The cable which t sent you on Sunday, was written by Mr
Series while X was at MS hbuse in Brooklyn, on that day, also
the cable, sent at the Same time, in his name.
I wejjf there because I realized the importance of your
having a cable by Monday morning, and Mr Searles was at the. Works
fill day Saturday, eo that I could not reach him.
The price pamed in. the cable, for No.2 machines was
$10.00, and Mr. Searles wanted it understood, that this was the
price he fixed to charge the new Company, leaving it to him to say
what profit here we would be satisfied with, but I objected to this
and in consequence a second cable was sent you signed by him,
giving you some idea at least, of what the cost to the United
Company was likely to be.
Referring to the visit of the Graphophone people, Mr.
Searles said to Edison -You have a better machine, and can make it
"cheaper, and their work is rough, etc, and you would not be foolish
ehough to do that". Mr Edison said he would not.
I am afrpid this letter is a little disqonneeted, but I
conclude you will' understand it.
Mr. Searles in talking to Edison about our order for
10,000 machine, tried to get as much of the output as possible,
but the best he could do, on this order was fifty machines per day
Msnsh 15th, he did w „„ ^ u
»«. »..n insisted, it w.t be dons, that if the
8n. „d.„, tbs, , „u lf th<y (o
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Edison . Mi A that tha Works at present can turn Out 100
maohlnes per day, and by working at night 100 more, and Edison
thought that we really meant business now.
In regard to Coates, Mr. Searles does not think much of
your remarks to the effect that Mr. Coates as a Director has put
himself in a serious position.
He thinks Coates got the best of you, and you did not
enclose either to we, or to Mr. Searles, the copy of receipt, signed
by Mr. Coates.
Is it the intention of the New Company to order any other
styles of machines, than the No. 2 type, say a few •HOMES*, and
aould you send Us bn order for any quantity of the Multiplex
attachments.
Yours very truly.
P.S. Edison talks as he always used to do in a very plausible way
to V^r. ffearie s, and Mr» Searles septs to feel that Edison will do
-what he sayf, but I cannot get over a distrust; of him, and^ithe
only thing to do is to watch every move as closely as possible.
It would be an advantageous thing tiling if we could get a
good foot-hold in the United States, or bettei] still the controlling
interest in the Works, but I suppose that is impossible. (/
Edison said to Ur Searles he did not see how he could
prevent machines going abroad, but that if any orders a came in for
export, he would turn them over to our Company, but I do not think
I have yet succeeded in making Mr Searles thoroughly appreciate
that notwithstanding Edison's remark, that no machines go out ex¬
cept through the National Company, that they the National sell to
the Edison Manufacturing Company, and the latter are not very
scrupulous about who they sell to.
How are negotiations progressing for France? are they
likely to develop soon, and what do you think about this Company
establishing an Agency or Depot there.
Referring to the portion of this letter relating to Mr.
help
Edison having plenty of money, 1 cannotAfeeling that he may be
trying to make Mr Searles believe that he is independant, with a
view to getting more ou» of him, and I shall post him in regird to
this.
P.M.
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2/ /' 7-'C
I have just returned from Mr. Searles office, and read your cable
of February 8-^h, and which has very much re-assured Mr Searles.
tie
He wanted to know whether I thought *we could^up to that
Now*, and I said , *oh yes* that I had always found that Mr.
Moriarty came out right in the end, but he thought it was a long
road.
(Ufo/t/w/t' T/iortartyr for Zi-nif/n/A
Jftmuujd St/utmt
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S-E-Moriarty Esq. .
London, Eng.
Dear sir:
I have none of your mail advices to reply to . I duly recoiv
ed. your oable of the 8th. advising the position of the subscription,
whioh I have not been able to interpret clearly , in the light of your
former advices-
On the 80th. of January you cabled that^l.30,000 cash subscriptions
were already in the bank- on the 31st- you cabled "matters completed,
only awaiting your word to sign documents" , while your last cable states
that 118,000 were absolutely secured- You state, however, that the
balance will be secured before Saturday and that you will positively
go to the public on Wednesday next.
I trust there will be no further disappointment and that I shall
have, tomorrow, advices that the subscription is closed, as you state-
2.1r- Morrison presented your cable ashing for funds to meet patent
expenses etc and I authorized him to remit you 100 Pds- today.
I am embarrassed through the lack of order for 10,000 machines, which
1 expected this .week, and concerning which Edison has written me to
know why he does not get it, stating that the time named for delivery
of machines was based on immediate receipt of the order, in the absence
of which he cannot promise to deliver at the time named inasmuch as ho
will be obliged to receive other orders- On this point, also, I hope to
4fi/w<£$ear/eA fflrMt/twfi J7tom(0.Si7 &6iam & ffiffOmikm $ecmfary.
Sa/t/ten V J: 7/fom rr/y, $0, AmU Mmory 7$»//im/tJM3uM/n ,%Zm uh>k
hoar from you not later than Monday next.
I remain
Yours very truly,
New York, February 11th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Morfcarty:- PERSONAL.
Your oable of February 10th, was received yesterday, and
1 oommunioated with Mr. Searlea at onoa, but was unable to talk
with him until late in the afternoon, as he did not wish to talk
about it until then.
He objected to sending arjy more money, and I was unable
to get it last night, but went down again to Bee him this morning,
and succeeded in. getting a Hundred Pounds sterling.
Your cable provoked him, and he called my attention to
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your oable of January 26th, which^interpreted to mean that £130,000
in cash had been lodged in bank.
I replied that the oable reads th^t cash subscriptions
were lodged in bank, but he understood it to mean oash, and said
that it did not tally with your letter to him of January 29th, he
also reed various other of your telegrams, and he thought that all
of your positive statements had not been carried out, that the day
for going to the public^: ihad been postponed several times, and he
did not believe you would go th the public newt Wednesday, but I
told him you were paying your own expenses over there, and you had
•n office staff to pay, as well as drafts for patents, one of wh*oh
was presented when I was in London, but without going any further
in^detalle, he Inti mehave £100. this morning.
1 Hope you will be able to go to the public next Wednesday
•s stated, and that all jour eubsariptlona dill oorae in this week.
I am e firry that Mr; Annan did not Bpeak of the business
with more enthusiasm, as Mr. Searles feelB that the negotiation has
been continued a long time, and he is afraid to put any more money
in it, although it is not possible for you to foresee every delay
or set-baok that may occur, and I explained to Mr. Searles ihat you
were doing your very utmost and spending your own money to mdkls it
a suooess as soon as possible.
Mr. Searles has just received a letter from Mr Edison,
in which he Btated that if an order was not forthcoming immediately
he would have to extend the time of delivery, so 1 hope that you
will be able to oSble this order at the very earliest opportunity
because as matters stand now, Edison is liable- togo baok on his
assurances to Mr Searles* and put other orders in ahead of us, and
nothing but »r bona fide order will make him believe we mean
business., and I am afraid now that other! matters will be delayed
untiir.the public Issue or the subscriptions are positively assured.
Vows very trhly,
Z* // Z'Z l-crt.
P.S. To-morrow is a legal holiday, Lincoln's Birthday.
New York,
February, 44th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I think 1 neglected to say to you a shart time ago,
when I wrote you, that Mr Searlea had paid over to J. & .w, Seligman
* Co., Borne twenty odd thousand Dollars, that I had met Mr Isaac
Seligman on the Street, and in reply to his question, aa to wftdrt
matters would be completed abroad, I said , before a great while,
and he said a month or two, I said yes, possibly, and my object in
calling your attention to this now, is,, that I am of the opinion,
that the Seligmans are quite satisfied with that statement, in
other words I see no probability of their insisting upon further
payments immediatelly from Mr Searlea.
T think I stated to you, that Mr Searles informed them,
when I was in London, that I had gone abroad, and that he was await¬
ing my return, or something to that effect, with a view to putting
off payment of the whole sum. Henry Seligman also said something
of this sort to me when I was over there, and they were aware that
you had successful negotiations on hand.
New York,
February 15th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly in reeeipt of your letter of February 4th, with
oopies of letters to Mr Searlea of February 3rd and 4th, also
letter of Mr George Riddell, dated January 31st, with copy of
receipt of Edward F. Coatea for £1,000, and dopy of Mr Riddell's
letter to Mr £udwig Stollwerok, dated February 3rd, arid copies of
cables from Mr Searles to you, dated February 3rd, and your eable
to Mr. Searles, dated February 4th, for all of which, I thank you.
Mr. Searles did not volunteer any oomment on these letter^
but I handed him the copy which I made of the receipt of Mr Coates
and showed him Mr Riddell's original letter to you, and as he did
not appear to be inclined to discuss these matters, when I saw him
this morning, I concluded to wait for a more opportune time, I do
not know however, but that it is just as well not to discuss the
ups and downs too much.
We have not yet heard from Mr Gress, but I an going to
see him to-morrow morning, or rather to see his son, and will
write you by next mail.
What an outrageous thing that was on the part of Stoll-
werck to try to prejudice the members of the New Company, and I
judge that Mr. Riddell's letter will be in the nature of a surpris
Stii^nl^nS0* *n0W *hat Mr SearleB had cabled you for £20000.
until your copy of eable was received yesterday.
I am endeavoring, as you suggest, to oarry out your
wishes, and 1 think we have success very near at hand, but if Mr
ZTilZT aisplM * li,u* ' 4£rla 15
New York, February 18th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
What a fortunate thing it was that you were able to
show Stollwerck up in his true light, it certainly was the most
outrageous thing X ever heard of.
Can you let me know whether any payments will be made to
Mr Searles before the final payment of the subscribers, that is to
say, after you have received the 10 % required on application, and
the 30 % upon allotment; because he is under the impression, that
money will be sent to the Western National Bank, as you get it in,
and one of your letters to me, stated, that no money would be re¬
mitted until "all these matters are completed*.
Your cable of yesterday, was a disappointment to Mr
Searles, if the issue is postponed until next week.
PLEASE DO NOT REFER TO MY PERSONAL LETTERS TO YOU IN YOUR
CABLES TO THE COMPANY, because I write you just as one friend talks
to another, not in a formal Company way, and I generally refer to
my former letters to you, if I feel ln doubt at any time.
Do I understand as matters are to date that we shall be
obliged, or rather the Company to underwrite the £20,000.
Yourp very truly,
PiS. i
receive
you
, -auruary ABtn, 1898.
sty dear Mr Mori arty:- PERSONAL.
I wont up t. e.e ur Ureas* son, February 16th, to .seer,
tetn ehether he had hoard free, hi, fathar t„ r.l.tt.u to ,al„
of hi. Patent, to the United Co»p„y, „„„ ^ ^
h.«rd, end that hi. father oould not eny .B„s. in
eitton a lready sub.it.ed, hut that if realty „..„t a.
huet™.. with hi„, ...e .» fc„
I told hi. to .rite M, fl,,h,r „ „„„ „ C0M ^ ^
” "r‘ ‘n "™“t *” ,h* “***>■. »- hunt to eo™ u, .on-
elusion with him, if possible ao t .
J BSioxe, so I am in hopes he will be here
early next week.
I am trying to buy from him another Multiplex, but there
seems to be sane delay about it, and I think the- are somewhat
loath to let us have the machine until we cone tf some decision
purchase of Ihe patents, I will however ship one by next
Wednesday steamer, if j oan get lt>
I told Mr Searlea that I h.j air.et.d hi„,„ Br. „„..*
to .rite hie father ooo. on Mediately,
tery.
I enoloae a .lipping fro. the Bail * Hrpre.e y,irmry
16th, relating a o.ne.r, given b, th. Ora™,ho„. ^
shows what they are doing.
Yours very truly,
/
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ffifMW 'ZFftlmbrfy, %* to Muon/ 3Mmf WSudn/t^M^uO^ JZmitm*
London, England
Dear Sir:-
ACKNOWLEDGEMBNT 0? CABLE.
We bog to acknowledge receipt of the following cable.
UN IPHONE, N. Y.
MAGICAL CLIMBERS ANNANS PREJUDICE CREATED BY DUCTILITY THROUGH
ROBERT FLEMING INTIMATE FRIEND ANNANS DUCTILITY TRIED HURT COMPANY
AND ME ENTIRE UNDERWRITING COMPLETED CLOSED ELDERWORT BY EDISON AND
OURSELVES LEGAL FORMALITIES NECESSITATE CHANGE EDI SONBELL AGREEMENT
DELAYING PUBLIC ISSUE FIVE DAYS PADDOCK PRESS EXHIBITION WEDNESDAY
PUBLIC ISSUE SATURDAY CLOSE TUESDAY EXPLANATORY MAGNITUDE YESTERDAY
MORIARTY.
Which we translate as follows:-
Have received your letter February 8th Annans prejudice oreated by
Seligman Bros, through Robert Fleming intimate friend Annans.
Seligman Bros, tried hurt Company and me entire underwriting com¬
pleted closed today by EdisonBell and ourselves. Legal formalities
necessitate change EdisonBell agreement delaying public issue five
dayB. Everything arranged press Exhibition Wednesday, public issue
Saturday, close Tuesday. Explanatory letters were duly mailed
jfrJm &fMmr/t. a Baut/tvif,
Ste/i/uM £7/tmwty t$»
yesterday.
3%cmeUJ& Sefatont S. Tlffllmtom eSW/®/y.
m*th« Wnt/rn'/tJMfca/e,
Youre very truly,
/$/'/' 2 S'J T<rt> t-J-a-vU
Secretary.
New York, February 19th, 1898.
Mori arty:- PERSONAL
I called in to see Ore as ' son this morning, and
the reason for not shipping the maohine, was due to the
he had an order for all of the machines he had in stock,
and could not let me have one of them, but has promised to ship one
by next Wednesday's steaimr.
He has a glass in a good solid frame, which is placed on
top of the cabinet, one of which I will send you, also I will send
an attaohmentnwhich can be placed in a hole *h top of the cabinet,
so that in case you do not want to use a horn with it, it can be
used with the tube, there is a spring which comes with it, that
prevents the tube -from bending too much-,- but- of course you will
know how to rig it up.
Yours very truly,
1'''/
My dear Mr
found that
faot, that
New York, February 19th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PEROSNAL.
Your. cable to Mr Searlee was received last evening,
and the money has been cabled as directed to the London Weatminster
Bank to Moriarty, Dexter, Edisen-Bell Underwriting Aocount.
When I asked Mr Searles what his cable wa3 about, he
said it was a staggerer, and he thinks he is putting in a good deal
otf money now, so that all these thinga will delay our obtaining
the duplicator patents, and no doubt the Multiplex, which I regret,
because in dealing with these men they think we are fooling when we
do not eome up to the mark.
Your oable leads Mr Searles and myself too, to the belie^-
that somebody, josstbly Annan, has gone back an you, and I discussed
the matter with hiw, and told him you could not be held responsible
for any such thing as that, that I knew you were doing your utmost
and that Mr Riddell was a very sh'ewd Lawyer and was back of you, bu£-
X hope that everything will go through now as arranged'.
g Mr S0arlea mad®/ 8°rae comment in regard to^signjngjjthe
cable, Moriarty, Riddell,' I eaid that that was done to re-inforc.
you.
I presume you will oable if the issue is well taken by
the public, and exactly how mueh, so thatvwe Can understand it.
It is a surprise that the Ediaon-Bell have underwritten
so much, and>- 1 said to Mr Searlea that this was a pretty good indi¬
cation to me* that the Edison-Bell thought well of the enterprise.,
and vie Seales remarked that -well they sold Out" I replied, yes
and they were compelled to.
Mr Searlen realize, that if the public should not sub¬
scribe fully, that we would be obliged to take this 25000, and 1
said to Mr Searles, that even looking at the matter in the worst
possible light, and that even if we should oh^y get half the amount
we expected in cash, we would still be doing well, but he .till
talk, in a very skeptical way of the thing going through. at all,
and he seems sincere, but sometimes I think it may be done for the
purpose of drawing me out, and I have this before me all the time.
Mr. Searles spent over three hours yesterday with the
Cotton men, and quite a length of time the day befbre, and the day
before that, and I will toll" you a little secret.
Their b*nk book shows four or five pages of deposits,
none of which are under $10,000. Now this is for your own personal
information, no one else, so I wish you would lust destroy tm.
New York, February 23rd, 1898
Uy dear Ur. Moriarty:-
Your letters of February 11th, with copy of letter to Mr
Searles is duly received, and it is really very trying indeed,
that such very unusual circumstances should ooour detrimental to
the profits of the business,
Stollwerok's action was moBt outrageous, and I do not
know how. far Mr Annan's influenee may have affected the situation,
but it is a great pity that he could not have rested content when
matters were progressing so favorably.
Mr. Annan called on Mr Searles on the 21st inst. and a tat
that you had only 180,000 underwritten, having received a cable
from his partner to that effeat.
Since that ya< - sable was received by Mr Searles that
you wanted to ohange the deposit in the Westminster Bank to the
Moriarty, Dexter, Phonograph Account.
This has oaused Mr Searles some uneasiness, and produces
a suspieion that possibly the Bdi son-Bell Company have withdrawn
their 160,000 subscription, in addition to which Mr Annan gave Mr
Searles the impression that as only 180,000 was subseribsd, he
Annan, thought the matter was net likely to go through, but when
Mr Searles told him that he has subseribsd 125,000, and remitted
the first payment of 10#, Annan seemed very mu oh surprised, but was
mueh pleased to hear it from all appearances.
I have not seen Mr Searles since Monday evening and this
is Wednesday morning, because the 22nd was Washington's Birthday,
but I hope to hear that a cable has been reeeived from you by Mr
Searlea, which will be eatiefactory to him, or at least will re¬
assure him.
1 will see him presently , ahd it possible write you
again before the mall oloses.
I note your remarks in regard to the Seligmans, ahd
will await your further advicop,
I am unable to write you by this mail in regard to the
House, on aooount of the Holiday, but I think it will be all right.
Yours very truly,
/ / 1 /''Vl-rt ot'rs 'J
My dear Mr Mori arty: -
Now York, February 23rd, 1898.
I have just Been Mr Searles, and everything is all
right again in oonsequenoe of your cable of February 22hd, .
You certainly have had enough worry Over therO, and I
hope everything will now go along smoothly .
1 have not time to write more by this nihil.
Youra very tw^.
)car/ki MetofatH
J7tornat)j$ (Se/tMw,
sMvuutry SHtrector.'
& 7ilJ/b/M0n; S!errefywi/,
7 W I LLI AM STREET,
7L
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We have obtained a Multiplex Phonograph complete with
Cabinet, Horn, etc, as per bill enclosed, amounting to #175.00, and
whioh we could ship by to-morrow's steamer, but as it is the Ounard
Line, and they only carry freight to Liverpool, the expanse would
be about #10.00 to land it at the Edison House, while if we Bhip on
the American Line, as we propose to do, the transportation charges,
will probably not exoeed $5.00.
We regret that through a misunderstanding a battery is
shipped with the machine, and as it is so securely packed, we think
it beBt to ldt it go, as you can no doubt use it. The cost of the
battery is about $10.00, and the paoking #5.00.
We expect , or at least we hope to get a reduction on
this price.
Our object in shipping the machine in the absence of any
direct order from you, of recent date, is, that we thought you
might have occasion to take one to Germany, or to some other
Country. At any rate you ought to have more than one.
Yo^s very truly.
New York, February 25th, 1898.
My Dear My. Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I am duly in reeeipt of your letter of February 16th,
with eopy of letter to Mr Searles.
We are also in reoeipt of your cable of February 22nd,
or rather Mr 3sarles la.
Of course your oable contains the latest advice*, but as
we do not know what your expenses fqr underwriting , outside of the
ffijrwentage named in the underwriting circular are, or what other
expense* you have been put to, which will come out of any sum paid
to the United Company, we cannot form a very accurate idea as to
how. much the JOompany will net.
Mr Coatea'B action is most extraordinary, after receiving
• thousand Pounds, to try to break up the underwriting, in order
that he may keep that money, is most infameous.
Suoh an action as that, would give the impression that he
has been trying to work both ends, that is Hough and this Company,
Hough may have made him all sorts of promise*, and I congratulate
you, that you have been Able to overcome these wary unfortunate
slrcumstanse*, and X appreciate how much you must have been worried
over the situation.
little notices have appeared in the papers within a day
or two, to die effect that Mr Searles is about to sail for Europe
with his daughter, but at this writing, he has not sailed, and I do
now know that he intends to, at all events, I had only time this
*“ “y * •0"‘ *° hl- • ■”* •” in noply that h.
not go abroad without lotting me know, and if he does 1 will sable
you.
The Cuban situation looks more threatening, and I stould
not think he would leave the country, just /at thiB time.
I do not understand how Mr Coates oould withdraw his
underwriting after it was once signed, unless he took the position
that he did not care whether you sued him or not, whlett Of course
would be disasterous.
Yours very truly,
New York, February 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty:- PERSONAL.
Mr. Annan called at our office the day before yesterday
for the first time, and Mr Searlec wrote Mr Edison to find out
when he would be at the Works, but did not get a reply until this
morning, so that when Mr Annan called in to-day, we were able to
arrange to go out there on Monday, February 28th, On the 2 O’clock
train.
Mr Searles will not be able to go with .him, so I will
take him out.
Mr Annan requested permission to take Mr Fleming with us,
and as the latter is one of Mr Annan's subscribers to the extent
of £15,000, I assented. - "We
We will not be able to go -.out earlier in the day, as Mr
Annan has an engagement with Mr Clark of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, in relation to, I think he said,
some Bond matter, and I presume he represents the English Bond
Holders.
I will let you know the result of the visit to the
factory by next steamer.
Mr Annan has been to Canada, and will have to go again,
but whatever his business here, he will be obliged to sail for
London, March 9th, as he is obliged to give some important testi¬
mony in a matter coming up in London the last of March, and it ic
of an intricate character.
The people he does business with here, in addition to
J. Kennedy Todd, is Heidelbaek, IfckeiheiLwer, and a friend of Mr
Annan's in London, is alBo a friend of Mr Edition's, and thiB
friend wrote Mr Edison that Mr. Annan would probably eall on him.
Naw York, March 1st, 1308.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
Your letter of February 19thv was received this
morning* and I am afraid it has had its influence in altering
arrangements for taking Mr Annan to the Works, because I had quite
a talk with Mr Searles on the receipt of your letter, and I am
sure he feels that I am in all probability going too much into
detail in my letters to you, and giving too much of conversations,
that may possibly have been intended for my ear only, in fact he as
much as said so, and the result of my talk with him was that I
could not make him alter his sudden ■ determination to send McChesney
with Annan an Sir. Fleming, and he gave as a reason, that McChesney
was known out there as coming from him, and anything he said would
be acted on at once by Edison or Gilmore, such as a suggestion to
talk up the business, but on the contrary that I was krtown as a
Moriarty and Seligman man, in addition to which he wanted McChesney
to say to Annan from him, that he was back of you to the end of the
string, etc, that he would rather have me go, but thou^itiiit was
better the other way, that we were all working for the benefit of
the business.
Please do not make the mistake in thinking the above is
any compliment to me, I realize fully why it was said, but as I
said before I could not change hie determination.
In oonssquenoe of the above change, I was obliged to
meet Annan at Barclay Street Station, and apoldgize for not .go^fe-
out with him, but informed him that I had provided another man in
my place, in Mr McChesney, who had been out^he Works a number oof
times for Mr Searles, and knew 'Edison very well.
Mr Annan wanted to know who he was, and I said that he
was a man who Mr Searles called upon frequently in an emergency,*
but it certainly was not much of a oompliment to send some other
man with Mr Annan in the place of one of the Officers of the Com¬
pany, and it mustdhave Caused Hita to wohder why the Change wAS
made, in addition to which I foe}, qiuch proYPhpd being placed
in the kind of position I was In the matter, and in not being able
to oarry out your wishes in this instance.
I asked Mr Searles if Edison knew tfiat Annan was inter¬
ested in the new Company, he said he did, apd that he could not go
out there in any other way, meaning that it was better to be per¬
fectly frank in the whole matter,
Upon leaving Mr Annan yesterday, he said he had written
Mr Searles, asking him to meet him at 11 o’clock, or rather he
would call at Mr. Searles at ll o'clock the next day, and that he
would conje in and see me immediately after, but haB not done so*
)Jr.; Annap oapie ip the early part of last week, and it wat?
decided to go to the Works on Saturday, but this was finally change/
to Monday, as Edison could not be there on Saturday.
I have not shown to Mr. Searles your letter of February
19th, to me personally, as your letter to him was sufficient to
make him feel annoyed that I had written so much of a mere converse
tion, and may cut me off from his condifence, or so much of it as I
may have enjoyed, which would be unfortunate.
I have not eeen Mr Searlee Jotter to you referred to in
your letter to me of February 19th, 1898,
Please do not mistake me in writing all this, there was
no demonstration of ill f88iing 0r re8entment in the talk with Mr
Searles, but he simply changed suddenly to McChesney, but I hope
nothing further will come up in regard to the Annan incideht,, 6f
which I wrote you.
I will write you by next mail in regard to the Bettini
Records.
If Mr Searles should write you by this mail, will you
kindly let me have the substance of it.
Of course you realize that we are not even now tfsAllva
sure who the man at the Works was, we supposed it was Mr Annan, or
for all I know it might have been Mr Fleming, or it might not have
been either of them, I can not find out.
I thank you for fee copy of cable which you sent to Mr
Searles.
Che €di$on=Bell PftonoflrapD Company,
** LIMITED.
UNDERWRITING LETTER (PREFERENCE SHARES)
For an Issue of £8y,ooo Five per Cent. First Mortgage Debenture
Stock and 8,joo Six per Cent. Cumulative Preference Shares
OF ;£io EACH.
of tho Prospeotus of the Edison-Bell Piionoobapii Company, Limited (heroin fftonoillad * the C imp Any"),
being issued substantially in aocordanco with tho Draft Prospootns iSOS^igSrftxndortako, before
8 o’eloolt on tho day on whioh the said Prospeotus is first published in tho “ Times," to apply or
proouro responsible persons to apply for../dBB...Sw— : s.of tho Preference SharoB to bo offered by suoh
Prospectus for publio Bubsoriptlon, and to pay, or oause to be paid, the amount payable on application
and allotment in respect of suoh Shares. Applications from tho publio received before tho time
fixed by suoh Prospeotus for the closing of the Subscription List are to go iu relief of the Underwriter-,
rateably, in proportion to the amount of tho Shares underwritten by them respectively.
If the whole of tho Preforenoe Shares offorod as aforeauid is within fourteen days
after tho publication of tho Prospeotus allotted in response to subscriptions from tho publio, I am not
to bo liable to toko up any of tho Proferonoe Sharos hereby underwritten.
If I fail to put in my application as iibovo. mentioned you are to bs at liberty, in my name and on
my behalf, to put in suoli application, and tc oonoludo an Agreement with the Company for an allot¬
ment pursuant thereto, and I will pay the application and allotment money immediately aftor receiving
notice of the allotment.
Lwtlm tmmi nf tlin Lai
Any allotment pursuant to this Agreement must be made on or before tho 81st day of March
You aye to be at liborty to assigu to any person or Company your rights and powors under
this Agreement.
Any notice to me may be sent to me through the post ti the subjoined address, and shall be -
imed to be served on the day following that on whioh it is posted.
CDe €di$on=Bell Pfconoflrapft Companp,
' LIMITED.
UNDERWRITING LETTER (DEBENTURE STOCK)
For an Issue of ^8y,ooo Five per Cent. First Mortgage Debenture
Stock and 8,yoo Six per Cent. Cumulative Preference Shares
of £\0 EACH.
. _ tu you that, Iu the event
of the ProspoctuB of the Edison-Bell Piionoobami Company, Limited (hcreinnftencalleil V the Company"),
being issued substantially in accordance with the Draft Prospootus sfiSBJjSSf&JsjTftiKlortiiko, bofore
8 o'clock on tho day on which tho said Prospeotus is first published in tho “Times," to apply or
procure responsible persons to apply for £./^2ntB.-!-mbf the Debenture Stock to bo offered by such
Prospectus for publio subscription, and to pay, or causo to bo paid, the amount payable on application
and allotment in rospeot of suoh Debenture Btock. Applications from tho publio received before the time
fixed by suoh Prospootus for tho closing of the Subscription List are to go in relief of tho Underwriters
rateably, in proportion to tho amount of the Dobenturo Stock underwritten by thorn respectively.
If the whole of the £85,000 Debenture Stook offered as aforesaid is within fourteen days
after the publication of the Prospeotus allotted in response to subscriptions from the public, I am not
to bo liable to take up any of tho Debenture Stook horoby underwritten.
If I fail to put in my application as above mentioned you are to bs at liberty, in my name and on
my behalf, to put in such application, and to conclude an Agreement with the Company for an allot¬
ment pursuant thoreto, and I will pay the application and allotment money immediately after receiving
notice of the allotment.
Any allotment pursuant to this Agreement must be made on or boforo the 81st day of March
You ore to be at liborty to assign, to any person or Company your rights and powers under
this Agreement.
Any notice to me may be sent to me through the post to the subjoined address, and shall bo
deemed to be served on the day following that on whioh it is posted.
I desire to have £ . Debenture Stcck allotted to me film irrespective of the
public subscription, but acceptance of tho above contraot shall not imply a right to such allotment.
Signature..
New York, March 2nd, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I have just had a word with Mr Searles on the Street, and
he says "that things worked out beautifully* meaning MoChesney
going to Works with Annan, and that McOhesney made friends with
Annan on the way out, and gave Gilmore the hint, ani they treated
them royally, and that Annan wants to get up a paper setting
forth some of the points which he is going to have MeOhesney^and^
he will send it to Europe. Now thiB is confidential, but I believe
I could have done the same thing at least and I feel sorry that
Mr Searles had to oall on McOhesney to do it. No time to write any
more.
Yours very truly,
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London, England.
Dear Sir:-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OP CABLEV
We beg to acknowledge receipt of the following cable.
London, March 3rd, 1898.
UNI PHONE, N. Y.
NOTIFY SHIPWRIGHT QUICKEST COMPANY ISSUED PUBLIC ELDERWORT UNDER
MOST FAVORABLE AUSPICES MAYORSHIP QUICKEST UITGEDIEND FOR PATENT XK
AND WORKING EXPENSES REDOUBLED MONDAY.
MORTAR TY.
Which we translate as follows:-
NOTIFY JOHN E. SEARLES IMMEDIATELY COMPANY ISSUED PUBLIC TODAY
UNDER MOST^AUSPICES. REMIT BY TELEGRAPH IMMEDIATELY £150. FOR
PATENT AND WORKING EXPENSES. LIST CLOSES MONDAY.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. ?, Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise us what course we are to adopt in
relation to inquiries and orders for South America.
You know that the Commission Houses here, will buy wher¬
ever they can do the best, unless there is some power to restrain
them, which at present is not apparent, arid Wehhad an inquiry this
morning for 6 Eagle Graphophones, and some Gramophones, or at least
in regard to the Gramophones, he said he would order from the
manufacturer, as he is the Agent for them in Pernambuco, Brazil.
The Inquiry came from Allerton D. Hitch, 136 Front St.,
Mew York.
He doe s an enormous business in Pernambuco, also some
business in Bahia, f.M
• We shall probably hear from him again, as well as other
Houses, and should like to know whether the New Company would per¬
mit us to fill any orders, if we gave them the benefit.
Yours very truly,
_ .
Secretary.
New York, March 4th, 1898,
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Your cable ordering ten thousand No. 2 Phonographs,
was reoeived this morning, and I took it down to Mr Searles at once,
xxxxx and he will consult Mr Gilmore as to deliveries, and probab^1
cable you when it is definitely known what the Works will do, as
some weeks have elapsed since the cable was sent you, fixing March
15th as the date of the first delivery.
You will remember the cable of February 5th, to you,
stipulated deliveries of fifty daily, but your present cable fixes
the number at 1,000 per month, and Mr Searles was on the point of
cabling you in regard to this, when he&ecided to consult Gilmore
first.
Mr Searles goes away this afternoon, and will not return
until Tuesday, March 8th, therefore if any cables come in to him,
or any letters from the Works, I will probably know nothing of it,
until then.
I enclose you a list of the Directors to be elected,
Monday, March 7th, and I notified you recently that Mr Robinson,
who is Mr Searles’ Secretary, was put on the Board, because we had
to have a man who lived in New Jersey, but when I showed Mr Searles
the present list, he scratched off the name of James M. Waterbury,
and substituted George W. Oakley? as it was done however only with¬
in a day or two, it will be too late to elect him at the Stockholder
meeting, as he has no certificate in his name, but the transfer is
be made after the meeting, and Mr Searles did so, he stated,
that we might have a quorum, without Mr Platt, at any time, and
this will make Mr Searles independent alao of my presence, but I
do not suppose there is any obBeotion, as he would have a majority
anyhow.
Mr. Searles directed Mr McChesney to go to the meeting
at Orange, on Monday with me, but I told Mr Searles that I did not
see any necessity for it, and it was throwing away 50 cents for
nothing, so he said he did not care very much about it, but thought
it would be better to have some body there to make the motions, so
I told McChesney that Mr Searles said it would not be necessary for
him to go, and that is the way it stands at this writing.
New York, March 8th, 1898.
Mp dear Mr Mori arty
I am duly in receipt of your favor of February 26th, with
copy of letter of same date to Mr Searles, and confirmation of cables
to him of the 25th ultimo.
I am glad to hear the Press Reception was such a success,
and hopothe public subscription will be equally successful.
I took Mr Gress down to see Mr Searles this morning, and
I think we succeeded in interesting him, and the following propo¬
sition was made to: him by Mr Searles.
That he sign an agreement that he will accept a Royalty
on all the Multiplex machines which we order, the amount of which
was not stated, although Mr Searles referred to a dollar or whateve
f/
sum- shouldnbe agreed upon, as royalty.
That we shall have the option to manufacture them anywhere,
we please, ati the Works if we desire, as Mr Searles explained to
Gress, that Edison could make them cheaper than he could, as Edison
had a machine which^ would work seventeen operations on the Phono¬
graph, ^thus insuring a great saving of labor.
That GresB should assign to us his Patents for Great
Britain, Prance and Germany, and shouftd deliver to us suoh drawings
as miSht be necessary to enable us to manufacture.
All of the above to be paid for in whatever royalty that
should be ae**o«d upon.
Gress said he would think it over, and submit in writing
what he would accept, whiqh he will probably do ip a day or two.
The Bettini contract ia not yet agreed upon, and Bettini
has put some things in the Agreement, which Mr Searles objected to,
but I am afraid delay in this matter is dangerous, as somebody
representing H. McK. Twombly, or the Vanderbilts, want Bettini to
make some arrangement with them* and Mr, Sanger, called at our
office this morning to inquire who was the Manager or the head man
of the Sraphophone Company, he said he simply wanted to get some
good records, but as the head man at 28th St. did not seem to
answer his purpose, and he was so persistent in wanting to know who
was the leading spirit in the Company, I felt that there was some¬
thing more than merely an inquiry for records in his visit,
YourB very truly,
P.S. Grass says that he has out now 100 Machines, which pay him
a Royalty of $6.00 eaoh per month, or $600, per month.
New York, March 8th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty:- PERSONAL.
I saw Mr Searles this morning, and asked him whether
he had received any word from you since Friday, ae he has been away
for two days, he said he had not, and directed me to cable you.
X have in&rmed him of your reply of March 8th, and he
said that Mr Annan had just called, and he had received a cable
yesterday, from London, to the effect that the public had subscrib¬
ed only 120,000.
This is certainly very disappointing, if it is correct,
and it certainly must be very discouraging to you, but the public
cannot know what a great business this can be, if properly managed,
particularly, if We get everything Gross has, and all Bettini's
things, and we can keep Edison somewhat friendly to us.
We shall be glad to hear the details on Thursday, as sug-
Yours.very truly,
gosted.
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27 W t LLI AM STREET.
S. F, Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:**
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larch 11th. 1898,
We have on inquiry from Krey, Walker & Company, No. 130
to 132 Pearl St., New York, fir samples of all the different styles
of Phonographs.
Mr Krey expects to sail for- Roumania, Turkey and Greece
in about two weeks, and he takes with him, a lot of goods, but he
seems to be more interested in Phonographs than in anything else,
as his correspondents abroad, urge him to be sure to bring these.
He states that it is his intention to introduce these
goods in the countries named, and to secure orders from influential
houses, through whom they do business in the several countries, he
also states that these firms are financially strong, and that .they
hwa are powerfully connected politely and otherwise.
We do not dare to supply these goods, in view of the
negotiations which you now have on hand, but I shall endeavor to
have this man call upon you, as he goes through London.
Mr. H. Walker, is the vice-President, as it is a Company,
Mr. Krey being the President, and the ibrmer is a friend of Mr.
Gilmore, and seems to know a great deal about the business.
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Mr. Gilmore referred him to'^uis, notwithstanding this how¬
ever, we find, that Mr Prescott in the Edison Buuilding, who has
done us so much harm has learned that Mr. Krey is going abroad,
and sent him one of his price-lists.
Mr. Krey says he does not know how Mr Prescott knew of
this, but we notice that Mr Prescott's name is printed on the price
lists of the National Phonograph Company, as their agent, and if he
did not hear of it out there, where else could he have heard of it.
Yours very truly,
tf'/i n't.*-*
Secretary.
New York, March 11th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Searles went to Washington yesterday, and goes
from there to-day, to Hot Springs, Virginia, and will be gone about
ten days.
We understand from your cable of Maroh 10th, that the
order is guaranteed to you by the Bankers in London, and 1 was in
Mr Searles office yesterday afternoon, when he opened your two
cables of Maroh 10th.
I am glad to hear that the public have taken more than
Mr Annan indicated to Mr Searles, for we felt very much disappoint¬
ed at Annan’s statement that only L20.000. had been subscribed by
the public.
I cannot figure out exactly how much we will get, as I do
not know what the expenses will amount to, but no doubt your next
letter will make this more clear.
Mr Searles approves the sale of 1.40,000. Preferences and
(dc i-i U/TL4
Debentures, by all means, and this will give the Company sufficient
money to pay their debts.
The Seligmans have been demanding more money from Mr,
Searles, so he told me yesterday afternoon, and last evening he
wrote me a letter from his house, asking me to be sure to send the
cable Off this morning earfcy, I mean the one in his name, and he
also stated that you should remit, at least 1.20,000.
This demand for a remittance is an after thought of Mr
games at his house, agd I knew nothing of/inte.ntiop to include it
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in the cable, Intil I received word from him this morning,
fore, I had no opportunity to explain my views in the matter, and
he was in a great rush yesterday afternoon, preparatory to going
away.
My idea is just this.
You will receive from Underwriters and Public subsorip-
n £170,000.
Out of this you must provide for working capital 50,000.
£120,000.
Deduot from this Mr Searles underwriting 25 000.
Nett amount to be paid to the E.U.P.Co. C-c^L ~~ £95,000.
PAYMENTS TO BE MADE BY EDISON UNITED FH0N0:C0:
To Edison-Bell Phonograph Cor: £40,000.
" " " Debentures. £12,400.
" Underwriters and General Expenses
say £24,000.
£76,400. £ 76,400.
£ 18,600.
" George Riddell, if paid in cash. j, io.OOO.
Balance in cash remaining to the E.U.P.Co. £ 8^0007
ADD SHARES TO E. U. P. CO.
Total Capital and Debentures £210,000,
Less subscriptions £170,000. £ 40,000.
Mr Searles underwriting now comes
back to the Company, say j, 25.000.
Total to be paid the E.U.P.Co, in Cash & Shares £ 73)000.
You will see from the above figures, that I estimate
that if Mr Riddell is paid in cash, and the whole underwriting was
paid in, the*^ would be in your hands, only £8,000. in cash, but
if you were to sell £40,000, of Preferences and Debentures, it
would make £48,000.
as a11 the subscriptions
are not yet due ^therefore ,"7 do not know whether it would be
possible for you to send any money at all or not, or , if any, how
much.
There is no question, but that! the Seligmans are asking
for their money, and presume that Mr Searles would have to pay it,
if positively demanded.
I do not know anything more in regard to the delivery of
machines, than is indicated in the cable to you, but X will write
Mr Searles for information.
I do not he?r all that goes on with the Works, as they
communicate directly with Mr Searles.
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i F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
I have sent the Agreement of March 3rd with the New
Company, to Mr Searles, but X think I notice a trifling error in
regard to the date of the Hough Agreement, mentioned in Article 1.
Should it not be May 14th, 1897, instead of May 4th, 1897
as per agreement.
I have not had time yet to thoroughly digest it, but I
hfitice that you agree to pay the Edison Bell Phonograph Corporation
Limited £20,000. and give them 2,000 Shares of the Ordinary Stock
in addition to the £40,000, and I presume also pay them £12,400 for
the Debentures.
Thi, ..... Ilk. . er.at deal of mom, to pa, th.», and no
do«M ... „.lp ftr lt, ln vl.. 0f tryi„s circumstances
which had arisen.
uu uu not oraer any blanks or records with t
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10,000 machines, had you notAput in an order very soon
as there may be sane difficulty in getting them promptl
I am told the Graphophone people have had som
or trouble in their cylinder department.
order for
1 Blank 8,
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I presume Mr Annan is just about arriving, and he did not
come in to see me, after he had been out to the Works with McChesne)
asnhe promised to do,
Yours^very truly,
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1
Secretary,
New York, March 15th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PERSONAL
I am glad you made the mistake in sending me the
Agreement of March 3rd, instead of enclosing it in your letter to
Mr Searles, because I would not have seen it for a week, at least.
Can you not send a copy of the Agreement made by you with
the Edison Bell Phonograph Corporation, Limited, dated 23rd day of
February, 1898, and referred to in present agreement.
I figure that the United Company will get in Cash and
Shares about £71,000, from which I deduct the £22,000. additional
to be pawd to the Edison-Bell Phonograph Corporation Limited,
leaving a balance in round numbers of say £49,000. is this about
oorreot? .
My figures are based upon £5,000. for expenses, and
£10,000. to Mr Riddell, in addition to the sums paid to the Under¬
writers.
Of course out side of this, Mr Searles will get back the
£1,000. paid Mr Coates, and the £2,500. subscription.
I would like very much to have a clear statement showing
what must be pqid out of what we get.
Your long cable of March 12th, to Mr Searles, is very
encouraging, and I have no doubt he will get what he wants from Mr
Edison, at least he seems so positive about it, but I wrote him
yesterday asking him to see to it that no No. 2 Machines found
their way into the hands of Krey, Walker & Co., these people I
wrote you of by last mail.
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ffl also called his attention to F. M. Prescott, who is the
Agent for the National Company, and really a second Tewksbury.
This man has a big advertisement in the "Phonoscope",
which I will send to Mr. Searles, and I called his attention par-
• Prescott
tieularly to the fact of Gj^hs being aware of Mr. Krey taking
machines abroad.
This incident simply emphasises the fact that all infor¬
mation in connection with foreign shipments gets out from the
Works somehow.
Yours very truly,
P.S. The Gress Agreement is not yet drawn up, but Gress’ son
brineS't°"dayhthat ^ 8°°n &S he 5®tS this matter 00»Plete, he will
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New York, March 16th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Your favor of March 4th, ie just received, with copy
of letter of same date to Mr Searles.
I am glad indeed to hear of the successful termination of
your efforts in regard to the New Company, and if any man in the
World, derserved success, you certainly do.
I note that I, you say you want me to be guided in every
instance by Mr Searles.
This part of your letter makes me feel that you are a
little anxious or afraid that I may overstep the mark, but you must
not let any such thought influence you for I have met some trying
situations here successfully since you have been away, and while
any man is liable to error, I use the best judgement I. am gifted
with for your interests at all times.
I am on good terms with Mr Searles, and he seems glad
sometimes to hear my suggestions, so I hope you will not relax in
any way your support of me. Let me say here that all original
papers should be sent to me, and Mr Searles does not object.
because if they are not, it sometimes takes him a long time to look
them over, and I am unadvised in the meantime, and unable to make
suggestions, except on the spur of the moment, which is a mistake.
I make no mistake when I say that you must always keep
alive the fact that you have an equal right to decide any point,
and X have endeavored indirectly to uphold this view, and Mr
Searles now looks upoij nie njore than eyer f=t? your representative.
and I have done nothing that is objectionable to him, and think I
have made no mistake.
A good deal at times devolves upon me to push things
through, and DeCastro informed me a short time ago, and again this
morning that Bettini had an offer from another party, fbr his
business or an interest in it, and that party is either, H. MeK
Twombly, or the Vanderbilts, and they are impatient for an answer,
therefore as Mr Searles is away, and Bettini is becoming restive,
I am going to see him this afternoon, as I promised to do over the
wire, and will listen to any suggestions he has to make, and try
to keep his mind easy, and reassured until next week, when Mr
Searles will return.
1 have done some good in the matter, and will keep Bettini,
straight, as I have done before, until Mr Searles can decide, and
he is letting the matter drag a little.
I was present with Mr Searles at the outset of this
negotiation.
The Multiplex matter is not yet concluded, but Mr Grass
seemed to be satisfied at the last interview, and his views will be
submitted shortly.
nours very truly,
thine f T'V’T Mr SearleS 8eem8 to have approved of every-
New York, March 18th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty!- PERSONAL
Mr Searles has been away all this wee k, he left last
Thursday, P.M. March 10th, but will be here next Monday, March 21st
Your cable of March 17th was sent to him, to Hot Springs,
Virginia, end he telegraphed me this morning tb’ advise' ybtl ofrhiB
absence by cable, and that he will wirec you on Monday.
Te will be glad to receive a statement of the Cash and
Shares we will get and the disbursements, as suggested in your
letter of March 9th.
I hope you will have plain sailing in the formation of
the new Company for the Continent, and can send us the big order
for machines. I think Mr Searles will do his best to control Edison.
The war scare here seems to be dying out, and the news
this morning indicates a peaceful settlement.
I note your remarks in regard to the guarantee, and will
speak of it to Mr Searles on Monday, although I called his special
attention to it in my letter to him yesterday.
I do not know how soon we will get the first installment
of machines, but I will see him about this matter on Monday also.
I do not see his correspondence with the Works, and as he
is very busy at times, I do not always get a clear idea of what is
going on there.
I think you haw done great things over there, particular
ly in connection with the Edison-Bell Company, and I hope you will
be able to bring Mr Stollwerck into line. . j'V/ iij sk-irSi,
S. F. Moriarty, Esq. ,V
London, England.
. Dear Sir:-
I understand perfectly of course that the Agreement of
March 3rd, with its supplemental agreement takes\the place of the
previous Agreement, sent us, but I would be obliged i^- you would
kindly simply say that that previous Agreement is cancelled or
perhaps had not been executed.
Will you kindly advise us the exact date of the supple¬
mental Agreement, and the copies you send us of all of the different'
agreements, are not as complete as they should be for filing, and
for future information and reference, as for instance, we. should
have the names of all of the parties executing the different con¬
tracts written on our copies, including the witnesses and the
notaries, etc.
You will remember also that^one occasion in connection
with our English contract, we were asked for a copy of the resolu¬
tion of thevEnglish Board, approving the contract, and we should
have with all of these different new contracts, exact copies, giv¬
ing dates of the resolution pased by the Board and Stockholders,
approving of the contracts as they are completed .
& 77.77 toredom Seemtmry.
$i/,/m»7F7/tmatfyJUXU6,U< 20nl7w0,77/&tl/«fa«
We realize that every moment of your time has been taken
up, but when you can get to it, will you kindly send us this data.
The time allowed us for filling an order is too short, as
for instance it is not possible to supply 250 "C" maohines or I
think any number of that type in 30 days, and according to the
contract, the new Company could demand this; the same holdagoodr
with the Multiplex Machines, in fact we should have 90 days for
these two types, but if they can be gotten out sooner, they would
of course be shipped.
The Works are busy, and they have other business on hand
besides what comes from us, and unless Mr Searles can make sotae
satisfactory arrangement with them, the orders could not be
filled in 30 days.
I do not think there is any doubt about the Works making
plenty of money now, and it is not as easy to handle the matter, as
Edison is more independent.
It should not be overlooked also that Blanks are required
and orders are in ahead of us, therefore the new Company should
anticipate their wants, and give us all the time possible.
Y°urs yery truly, f
New York, March 22nd, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
PERSONAL AN1) D CONFIDENTIAL.
Some of your worries seem to be transferred to this
side now, and I confess, that I have the blues sometimes after
coming from my interviews with Mr Searles.
I have jst returned from his office, and sinee he got
back Monday morning, he has been rushed to death, but I have seen
him twice to-day, and he will write you to-night, because he is
unable to give you any satisfactory answer by cable to the several
points in the agreement, and in your letter in a few words.
The subject of a guarantee , he says cannot be accomplish
ed here through the bank, as the Banks in Africa do not guarantee
contracts, and their charter does not permit it, in addition to
which he would not give a guarantee for so long a time as ten years
in any event. I asked him i^- he could not send a Bank guarantee
for the 10,000 machines, and it was then that he replied as above.
He said that Edison can now only turn out 50 machines a
day, and that the National Company own the tools, and that they
have orders in for all they can turn out in three months, irafcxkhastx
I said but are we not to get our 10,000 machines, he said
he did not know, that he had a talk with those people yesterday
afternoon, that Gilmore said he would have to consult Edison, and
that he was coming in again at 5 o’clock, this afternoon.
He said that with a double set of tools the Works could
n our twice aq nja^y mqchineq, and that they would cost $25,000.
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I said theft if we buy the tools, that would put us on an equal
footing with the National Company, he said yeB, but he said X have
not got the money to payi$20,000.
Of course you know how little confidence I feel in Edison
and I cannot help the thought that he is simply putting up the
National Company as against Mr Searlee, for the purpose of getting
money out of him, and in the second place I do not believe that the
new tools are worth anything like $25000/ or even $20,000., (U
looks like the same old story of humbug, but I urged Mr Searlee to
get them anyhow, even if he had to pay too much for them, because
if he can control Edison, as he says he can it will be worth paying
for, although this simple buying of the tools, would not give us all
we want, it should be a carefully drawn contract, embodying all we
want, and for that we could afford to pay.
I merely write the above to show you that I understand
what should be done, but I do not know exactly how to understand
Mr Searlee, because at one moment he talks as if everything was
lost, and that we could not help ourselves, and laterr after I re¬
marked to him "it makes me mad to see Ediso get ahead of you" he
replied, Edison can’t get ahead of me, etc, that he could control
Edison, I said well if you can Mr Searles, you must do it, and X *fe
then tried to show himwhat a big business we could have.
All this was just a half an hour before he expected to
see Gilmore.
I am sending you a personal cable to-night, because Mr
Searles seems so discouraged in regard to the business, and the
fact that he has not yet heard from you in regard to the £40,000.
of Shares which you contemplated selling, and the uncertainty as
to the amount of actual cash we will get, the fact of the Seligmans
annoying him for money, and that money is required to accomplish
anything with Edison or the Works, as well as with Bettini and
Gress, it seems to him that money is required everywhere with no
definite knowledge as to when or how much will come from London.
1 am writing this to you in a strictly personal and con¬
fidential sense, and to give you some idea of the situations I have
to meet, for when Mr Searles is in these sort o<t depressed moods, I
cannot help feeling that he looks to me for encouragment, and I
made him laugh at my earnestness before I left the room.
I do not know what sort of a letter Mr Searles will
write you, but whatever it is, this may help you to understand the
situation.
Yours very truly,
P.S. The Seligmans wrote Mr Searles a letter. he did not like.
It is worrying me to-night that notwithstanding theoables
Mr! searles has sent you that things seems to be topsyturvy, and
that Mr Searles does not seem to have positively arranged in regard
to the order or the control, but the interview this afternoon with
Gilmore may accomplish something, at all events, do not become
worried over this letter, as I hope to write you something decided¬
ly better by next mail.
New York, March 23rd, 1898.
To the Edison Bell Colsolidated Phonograph Co., Limited,
LONDON, ENGLAND.
In consideration of you at our request completing the
purchase referred to in an Agreement dated the 3rd day of March,
1898, made between Steppe- ™ ..
Phin E. Monarty of the first part, the
Edison United Phonograph Company, of Orange, New Jersey, U. S. A.
of the second part, The Edison Bell Colsolidatsd Phonograph Company
Limited, of the third part, and the Edison-Bell Phonograph Corpora¬
tion, Limited, of the fourth part.
We hereby guarantee for the period of ten years from the
date hereof the due performance by the said Edison United Phonograph
Company of the stipulations contained 'in Clauses 12 to 14 inclusive
of the Supplemental Agreement to the said contract of March 3rd,
1898, for the supply of Phonographs and Machinery upon the terml
and within the periods therein mentioned including the due payment
of any damages which may become payable under such agreement.
") IcCtun/vcJl
New York, March 23rd, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty, PERSONAL.
Mr Searles thought that the Agreement of March 3rd was
more in favor of the Purchaser Company than us, and criticised that
portion relating to billing the goods at cost, and not paying jfbr
the remaining half for 30 days, but I explained that I did not be¬
lieve it was a possible thing for you to get more in view of the
trouble the Edison Bell Corporation had in their purchases, and the
unsatisfactory machines, whioh were sent, and that he could not
expect people to pay a big sum and not get somsthing for it.
Mr Searles thinks you have money in Bank, say the 10#
and 30# up to allottment, and does not see why, we cannot have some
of it, I said you do not know yet exactly where you stand, and
that you will send us a statement after April 4th, and that we
might get some money then.
1 think he is fearful that something might happen to Skh
frustrate your work, or keep back the money.
I said that you had overcome all the difficulties so far
and I did not believe that any of them could get ahead of you, in
addition to whioh you had able Lawyers.
Yours very truly,
^ HTn
New York, March 24th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty! -PERSONAL
The guarantee which was mailed to you per "MAJESTIC",
March 23rd, was rushed off in such a tremendous hurry, that if it
does not meet with your approval altogether in the matter of form,
we can have it altered, and a new one sent, but hope that it will
be satisfactory to the English Company.
It was executed in the morning at the last moment before
the vessel sailed and I had to run blocks in order to get it on the
steamer.
Mr Sear&es had objected so strenuously to signing anythin*
of the kind , and we had had two or three talks on the subject®, in
fact matters were in such shape that I determined to send you the
cable of March 22nd, , and it was your reply of March 23rd, that
helped the matter.
The National Investment Company, is a corporation of
which Mr Searle s is President, and Mr Tuttle is Treasures, and they
own thousands of acres of land in the west, most of which, I under¬
stand, i& undeveloped, but since that Company was formed, they
have acquired otter things, of which I have not yet learned, but,
CONFIDENTIALLY, Francis G. Grable was interested in this Company
with Mr Searle 8, but after the trouble he had with the Chemical
National Bank, and other institutions, of wtoomkhe borrowed Marge
sums of money, he was requested to sever his connection with this
Company, or Mr Searle s put him out^ 4 o oP -
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I sent you a clipping in regard to Grable.; sometime ago,
the securities were for undeveloped propperties in the West, but
your will probably remember the story, and I have heard people ex¬
press the opinion that he will cane out all right.
X asked Mr Tuttle about the responsibility, or at least
give me some info imat ion in regard to the National Investment Com¬
pany, and for '.instance whether the National Investment Company
could pay a sudden claim for damages, if they were called upon to
do so, for say five or ten thousand dollars, and he smiled, and
said, yes, and showing me by his manner, that that was a matter of
course .
I explained also that I knew Mr Searles, was the Presi¬
dent of that Company, but wanted to know something of the bresponsi-
bility of it, as a Company in itself.
Mr Searles asked my opinion in his office, as to whether
you would be satisfied with such a guarantee, and I said I thought
so, but this was before I learned what I have written you above,
and as the time then was so short, I thought it best to accept
this, rather than notBning, because it paves the way for something
better should it be demanded, although it should not , as Mr
Searles is certainly good enough for all we contract to do.:
Please understand that this is all confidential to you,
and if the signature of Mr Tuttle is not acceptable a new paper can
be drawn, and I will get Mr Searles to sign it, as President, al¬
though Tuttle thought that his signature was sufficient.
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We had not time to reach Mr Searles, after the paper was
signed, or I should have obtained his signature, and tried to do
so but could not reach him, although it was his intention to send
it to you with simply Mr Tuttle's signature, however when I talked
with him afterwards about it, he said if it became necessary, he
would sign a new paper. This is the whole story.
Mr. Searles wrote you a letter but through some misunder¬
standing only two sheets were mailed.
I enclose a new catalogue of Bettini.
Yours very truly,
/ / / / ^
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
rr . ^ um>'ng mm i„t
25,000 OFFICES. W y
^y' 800,000 MILES OF WIRE.
COVERING THE WHOLE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT. * 0/p
The following Message has been received af;;.;, .'
2, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, GHARING CROSS, W.C.
N o Inquiry respecting: this Message oan be attended to without the production of this Paper.
New York, March 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I took Mr Bettini down to see Mr Searles to-day, and
he had quite a lengthy talk with him, the result-., of which is that
he is to submit to Mr Searles a letter embodying his views which
Mr Searles will look over and consider what is the best arrangerrent
he can make with him.
There is one point in connection with it however that
Bettini particularly emphasized, namely, that he should have a per¬
manent interest in the business in Prance.
He believes that Prance will be the centre of the Phono¬
graph business abroad, and he would like very much to go to Europe
as he thinks he could be of great use through his connections in
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different foreign count ries^and would have aii inducement fbr
using his best endeavors for the promotion of the business*
At
* hope you will not write Mr Searles anything in regard
to this, unless he Eh ould speak of it. because he has done nothing
yet in the matter, and simply listended to all Bettini had to say,
and will no doubt work things around his way before any arrangerent
is consumated.
The chief thing of course, is the Duplicator, and I think
Bettini has more of an idea of making an exclusive Agency contract
with us rather than the actual delivery of the Pateht, but Mr
Searles did not commit himself, and he will no doubt accomplish
what he wants.
While Bettini plains to Ijaye otiier sources for increasing
his business, still he thinks it will pay him best to make a con¬
tract with us.
I am afraid that it will be difficult to induce Mr
Searles to make the contract in my name as your representative,
unless T were to insist upon the matter, which I understand you
would not like ibe to do, but if it can he nicely brought about, I
will do it, otherwise, unless I hear from you to the contrary, he
will have to draw up the contract in his own way.
Mr Searles has had a talk with Mallory and Gilmore, but
1 have not been able to ascertain how he stands with the Phonograph
Works, and I oould not get any definite idea from him as to when
the first machines were likely to be shipped, because Bettini took
up so much of his time and other men were waiting.
He is such a busy man t'hat:-it".is difficult to find at
time enough for him to go into these matters with me* aneU I have to
be satisfied with suoh fragments as I can get, therefore if you can
send me copies of your letters from him, it will aid me in under¬
standing the situation, and particularly the letter he is writing
this week as i^rbores him for me to ask to see his letters.
He will write you by this mail, and as an illustration a
long cable was received by him from you this morning, but he had no
time to show it to me, or perhaps he did not "'want to, at all events
I know that he was anxious to see other people, and X shall not
probably see it until next week, when in all probability something
else will come up, and it "*4SW^be passed by.
Please do not take from this letter that X am in any sense/
finding fault, because that is not the case, it is to place as
clearly as possible before you, every little detail here, and you
can be guided in the matter, according to your own good judgement.
I hope to be able to write something about Gress hy next
mail, but he has not yet submitted his views, and they are slower
than slow, but we are doing all we can in the matter.
Your 8 very truly,
'i 7?ftr -4* "/id, V/W'. "> <K, • . fig}/,, tLa/fi,
1 p,s* Referring to the Clause in the oontraot in relation to
stamping in the metal of the machines for other countries the
Works told Mr Searles, that they could not do this, but would put
a plate on if desired, but I will try to find out whether it is an
absolute impossibility, on a thin plate.
Bettini has obtained control, or purchased outright, I
do not know which, a new machine, of which I wrote you, and I think
it comes through Arkell, but he thinks it can be manufactured for a
little over a dollar, and in that case it would take the place of
the "Lyrophone", and compete with the Eagle Graphophone, as well,
because it looks like a very good machine, and may be equal to the
No. 2.
If we make a contract with Bettini, we will get this
machine, and have it manufactured probably at the Works, because
from a remark now and again that Mr Searles made, I think he is try
ing to accomplish something of importance with the Phonograph Works
“””T " 1 6”fo*-8 1 '»»* whIt he t
New York, March 25th, 1898.
a
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I enclose you an extract or two from a circular
issued by the American Graphophone Company.
They are doing an ^enormous business in Eagle Graphophones
thilZis the the $10,00Awhich I am told they sell to Agents for
$5.00, and they retail them for $10.00.
I do not believe they cost them more than $2.50 to make,
and our No. 2 Machines, should be something in this neighborhood,
as they can be made very cheap indeed in large quantities, and
vith the new improved machinery.
X gave a copy of your cable of March 23rd 1898v.to Mr.
Searles, and he said he would attend to it, but I have not yet
given a formal order to the Works for any machines.
Your 8 very truly,
0 / t / /
[ENCLOSURE]
The first building to be bought was that in which the Company
was located, at the southeastern end of the group of buildings , in
which were situated the American Graphophone Company.
The demand was so imperative, too, that it was not wise
to wait, so that the whole big group of buildings, with a large jsife
plot of land on the east side, was purchased by the Amerioan Grapho
phone Company, and the occupation of these buildings was begun.
The newly purchased building is 400 feet long by 60 wide.
The output for one day at the factory was beaten about
a week ago, and the new record established has been kept ever since
This reoord was over 500" machines in one day. When the new
building is completed the output will reach as high as 1,500
machines daily. The Company is flow thousands of machines behind
its orders.
"On February 11th, 1898, the number of machines made, averaged one
for every minute - that is a few over 600 were turned out in ten
working hours. This average is being kept up and will gradually
increase with the increased facilities which are being added every
day.
The extension of this plant will cost about $400,000. The present
weekly pay-roll of the company amounts to $10,000, and the workmen
are of the best skilled class.
The demand for Musical records is so great that the present output
of the factory does not supply it, while the growing practice by
the owners of machines of making records at home calls for double
the number of blanks, the present out-put being 10,000 per diem,
and 20,000 blanks.
[FROM LORD DENBIGH]
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New York, March 29th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
X saw Grass' son yesterday and he saysihis Father's
proposition has bean mailed South to. him by his Lawyer in Washingto Vi¬
and we may expect it in a day or two.
He would not give me the substanoe of it, more than to
say, that if we build the machines, we are to pay him a Royalty of
$5.00 per machine a year for several years, after that the royalty
to be reduced to $1.00. This is all I could get out of him, but
like the Bettini contract, it is subject to approval of Mr Searles.
He says that the advertisements which came out in England
have created a demand, or rather inquiry for Multiplex Phonographs,
and I cautioned him against selling any machines for export, I be¬
lieve he quoted one man .i$100. for the top portion of the Multiplex
that is the bed-plate with the Multiplex attachment.
I am glad to hear that you made such a successful move
in relation to the sale of the first 10,000 machines in England,
and hope we will soon get another order.
Your^ very truly,
y /////< *
New York, March 29th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Your personal letter of March 19th, is duly received, and
you are entirely wrong in your feeling that there is a little lack
of full confidence indicated in one or two of my letters to you,
or that I would like to tell you something that I do not.
I have been studying over this remark, and I have failed
to solve the cause, and the only thing that cones to my mind, is
that one day, after Mr Searles had read one of your letters, in
which you spoke of Mr Edison, he apokeko# Edison, as "poor Edison"
and X told this to your Brother.
As far as I am personally concerned I feel that I have
been absolutely faithful to my trust, and always shall be, as long
as I accept the responsibility, whether it is agreeable to Mr
Searles or not.
I went down to Mr Searles office yesterday morning, after
receiving your letters of March 18th and 19th, and X aslo^iim what
the piirport was of your cable of last week, whioh he had not time
to s how me then.
He remarked that it was in regard to money, and that you
could not 8 end him anything until after the 15th of April, that J.
& W. Seligman & Co., were pushing him, and he was afraid he was
going to have some trouble with them, and. that he intended to cable
you again.
He did not show me your cable, therefore I did not get a
copy of it, as usual.
You know I have written you that it has been difficult
at times to get comprehensive information from!. Mr Searles, but
since he has had so much to do with the Works, it is becoming more
so, particularly within the past week xxxxxx* not dnly in relation
to the Works, but in relation to Bettini, and I only find out
things, by asking the question point blank, even then I do not
always get l&f for instance in the letter he received from the
Phonograph Works recently, he only read me that portion in regard
to which I am writing you in mother letter in relation to No. 2
Phonographs, and I cannot ascertain when we are likely to get any
machines, because Mr Searles shows plainly that he is disinclined
to answer that question, and each time he refuses and sees that X
cannot insist, it makes him feel that he can keep back just what he
chooses.
He received a letter from Bettini, which puts in writing
his views as a basis for negotiation, and that letter was received
by Mr Searles on Saturday, la sty but he said nothing of it to me
, 6ec-avulAjtj di. be,
although I was present during the talk, ^soi, that what I get Is due fc
to my following the matter u p as closely as possible, without
really*- giving offince, although I am sure that he would rather I
be free to give me such information as he choose* and to write you !
independently of me. !
I knew therefore that I would not be able to fcet a copy
of the letter from Mr Searles, but obtained it from Bettini, and i
which I dndlose to you. /
Please do not take ttay letter as anything more than
simply preliminary, from which Mr Searles, will deviSe some sort
of a proposition to make to Bettini, and I said to him, that what¬
ever is done, Wee- should obtain the Patents for Great
Britain on the Duplicator, and care should be taken that Bettini
does not % obtain a foot-hold in Prance, but if I am able to follow
the thing up, and can learn what Mr Searles proposition will be, I
can advise you, although when a'oformgr con tract previous to this
meeting was submitted to Mr Searles by Dickerson, X was not able to
see it, and was put off for one reason or another, and cldefly that
he , 'Mr Searles was too busy to look it up. Dickerson does not now
figure in the matter.
Now Mr Moriarty, notwithstanding the fact that you have
told me repeatedly that I am your representative here, and that you
have also told Mr Searles, and I have also emphasized this, you
must realize how difficult it is for me to keep off the rocks and
to aid you in every particular, and give you all the information
in relation to this business, when you know that Mr Searles manages
all the different kinds of business that he is interested in him¬
self in detail, and is loath to relinquish anything to others, or
as in the case of this Company, even to give the fullest details in
regard to what he is doing.
As I view this business now, Mr Searles is beginning to
perceive an advantage in his being able to personally Conduct all
matter8 ±UlTi0n ^ the W°rk8’ and^^e wm b° able *0 ac¬
compli sh^m^ai son, where you would not be able to succeed, and
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that the business will become as dependent upon him on this side,
as it is upon you on the other side, therefore if he supplies money
there is danger of the balance of power being on his side» for he
prides himself upon his ability to manage a factory.
This is why I do not want you to lose a single advantage
or to fail to enforce at all times anything you wish, because an
advantage once lost, is seldom regained.
The contemplated contract with Bettini and also with
Gress, should be made in my name as your representative, and will
be if I can accomplish it, but I am convinced that Mr Searles will
in all probability try to evade this, if he can get a reasonable
excuse.
Notwithstanding the fact that I am very careful not to
let him have any paper that I do not at least have a copy, I gave
feim some months ago the old original contract made when you were
here with Bettini, and have never been able to get it back, he also
has a copy, and I now have neither one or the other, which would
now be useful to me for reference in view of this new contract, but
you see Mr Searles wants to do it all himself, and always has a
reason for not returning.it.
I write the above simply that you may know what I have to
contend with here, but if I were not held back, I should stand up
stronger, no matter what the- result.
Little things sometimes make an impression, and I may be
altogether wrong in what I am about to say, but during the conversa
tion with Bettini, he^said to Mr Searles that he could be of great
servioe in Prance, through his connections there, and also in
St. Petersburg, and other countries, and that you had failed to take
advantage of an opportunity he had while in Paris, but when Bettini
said in speaking of Prance, something about his ability to secure
capital abroad, I imagined that Mr Searles saw an opportunity of
making himself somewhat independent of you, for he took it up
quickly, and said"ean you", and gave the impression that he was
very much interested, but this may have been simply for effect upon
Bettini, sti/l this interpretation suddenly came over me at the
time.
Mr Searles had another talk with Mallory yesterday, and
1 met MoChesney going to Mr Searles office, but its^diffieult to
know whether McChesney ha<£ anything to do with the business or not,
as he attends to other matters for Mr SearleB, as well.
Yours very truly,
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[ENCLOSURE. FROM GIANNI BETTINI]
New York, March 26, 1898.
Mr, J. Searles,
137 Wall St., City.
Dear Sir:-
In reference to our conversation of yesterday, I wish to
oonfirm in writing the different points, that we discussed together
and the conditions of the proposed agreement, that we have in view.
I will agree to give the exclusive agency, for the United
Kingdom for all my inventions, patents, and goods manufactured by
me, in connection with the Phonograph and the Micro Phonograph
business including also, the Graphophone reproducer and the records
made by me, with the exclusion of the litt;e machine known as the
Lyrophone and the patents covering same.
In consideration of the above you agree to make me cash
payments of $2500.00 on the day of the signing of the agreement,
and you agree to place a substantialnorder for such goods as manu¬
factured by me on or before the expiration of thii’ty days from the
date of the signing of such agreement.
In addition to the above ca3h payment and order, you will agre
to purchase from me not less than five hundred Micro Phonograph
oomplete outfits, or its equivalent and a number of Graphophone
reproducers to be agreed upon.
On all purchases of Micro Phonograph outfits, it is under
stood that a discount of 35# on the price list will be allowed to
you. But should you purchase during the first six months amount to
hWr.a outfit., th„ * ,m be j,,,, ,o
[ENCLOSURE. FROM GIANNI BETTINI]
The same discount will apply on the purchases of the Graphophone
reproducers on the quantities we will agree upon.
In regard to the payment for such orders^ou may place with mi
it is understood that one thrird of the amount shall be paid with
the order, balance and consignment of goods.
It is also understood that you will extensively advertise my
goods mentioning my name, and that you will give me an order for a
few thousand of my catalogued records and supplies which is now
being printed, but of course this catalogue will have in its front
page your name and place of business or that of your company, just
as if the catalogue had been issued by you.
I also agree to give you an option of sixty days for the
foreign countries on the conditions hereafter set forth if you
wish to avail iyourself of this privilege.
For Germany - Cash payment of $2500.
" Austria-Hungaria - " » n 2500.
" Russia . . * . 2500.
?*'lft«ly . « « 1500.
* Belgium. . " » « 1500t
" Spain,— . " » • 1500.
The Cash payment of $1500. for all countries not above. mentioned
with the exception of Prance.
In regard to the quantities of goods to be ordered when sign¬
ing the contract for such countries and the quantities to be taken
each and every year, the importance of the country and the business
in the line of phonographs, will naturally have to be considered.
[ENCLOSURE. FROM GIANNI BETTINI]
It is understood that in signing an agreement for each country
above mentioned an order for a duplicating machine will have to be
given.
In regard to Prance which does not enter in the contemplated
agreement a special arrangement will have to be made in the event
of your desiring of taking hold of that terri tory.
My reason for saying so are that I consider Prance of great
value to me, as I expect to have there the centre of my business.
Prom Prance I could provide the world with the most complete cata¬
logue of musical and other records. It is also my intention to
manufacture there my apparatuses and through my connections in
Paris I would not only facilitate the extension of my business but
also if necessary command capital.
I have in Prance already some very good agents from whom I
receive most important orders.
I must add that I have been lately in communication with
important parties in Paris for the purpose of bringing about a
great business combination, and I have already in my hands
practically an order of large importance.
You can therefore readily understand why while willing to
Should you wish to have t
whj „h ,+ l , - - J olosaly connected with you,
which might facilitate our business relations, I am ready to enter¬
tain a proposition on the subjects/
..,I" rl0W °f the imPortan°a of this matter I wish to have it
settled in one way or the other before the loth of April next.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am.
Very truly, yours.
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7 W I LLI AM STREET,
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S. I'. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:- AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPHS.
When I handed your letter of March 18th, headed "AUTO¬
MATIC PHONOGRAPHS", to Mr Searles, he thought the price was too low
that is the price named in the Agreement of March 3rd, which we
understand, to be $70. each in lots of 1,000, also that your esti¬
mate of $45. as the cost to us, was too low, but there has been no
figuring done yet on these machines, and they ought to be made very
cheap in lots of l,00p,but I will write you as soon as I can get
any information about it.
Of i course since your letter of March 18th was written, we
are in receipt of your cable, ordering a thousand Multiplexs, and
I have given Mr Searles, a copy of bothc the letter and the cable.
Yours very truly,
A/X7777 'Ltr-i. tstL-CrV lj
March 29th. 1898^0
Secretary.
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27 W I LLI AM STREET,
S. F. Moriarty, TSsq.,
London, England*
Dear Sir:-
V/s isi«&.\ycn« below a list of the Directors elected at the
Stockholders meeting, held March 7th, 1898,
Mr John 8. Searles.
Mr, Stephen F. Moriarty.
Mr Thomas C. Platt.
Mr Henry G. Marquand.
Mr George N. Morison.
Mr James M. Waterbury.
Mr Winthrop M. Tuttle,
Mi’ Samuel M. Robinson.
Mr J. T. McChesney.
A new Director will take the place of Mr James M. Water¬
bury, and Mr Searles, has named Mr. George W. Oakley.
We have not yet had an election of Officers, but there
is no immediate necessity of this, as the old Officers hold over
until the new Officers are elected, but they may be elected at the
regular meeting on April 11th.
We sent you a notice of the above Directors, and as there
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was no objection at the meeting, we did not think it necessary to
cable, if any trouble had, arisen we should have advised you at
once, but really did not appreeaite that you looked for a cable,
and regret that jiou felt anxious about it.
Yours very truly,
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Secretary.
New York, April 1st, 1S98.
My dear Mr Mori arty : -PERSONAL,
Referring to your letter of March 23rd, and to that part
referring to money, I told Mr Searles to-day, that you were dojjng
the best you could, and that the new Company, were in all probabil¬
ity not willing to pay any money over until the terms of the con¬
tract were fulfilled, as they had a great distrust of Edison, and
'would not take any risks.
If such a condition had never existed, they might
possibly have wished to oblige you in any such matter and advance
you some money, but they are not going to move, as I take it in
any other than the road laid down by the law.
In regard to the exclusive control of type 2 Phonograph,
Mr Searles says, that that is an impossibility.'
In the first place, the National Phonograph Company own
the tools, and paid for them so they say, which gives them the xxglb
right to demand the first machines, but I believe Mr Searles has
overcome that point, and that no No. 2 Machines would be sold ft-om
Edison’s Broadway place at least for the present.
Unless Mr Searles was to obtain a large interest in the
National Company, or a controlling interest in the Works, or give
more orders, possibly, than all the other people combined, and keep
it up, and prove that he could keep it up, there is little chance
of his accomplisging the absolute control of that machine, which
would mean a stoppage of orders of the national Company.
Ihese things, Mr Searles cannot do, unless possibly a
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larga sum of money was used, and he is not at all inclined to that.
He considers It absurd to think of such a thing, but he is just now
looking to the new Bettini Machine, as something additional, which
you could show to the Continental Company, although there would be
no greater protection for that, the only advantage in it is in the
matter of price, which is #7.00, that is to be the selling price to
customers, and if the ^ntinental Company is dependent upon the
exclusive control of Type 2, andjis not be sold here, I am afraid
that it will never be concluded.
I spok? to Mr Searles to-day about your Brother as
Inspector at the. Works, but he will not hear of it, 90 I drowned it
for the present,
Yours very truly,
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27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. P. Moriarty, Esq. ,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Rcfcrring $bo your letter of March 23rd, we note that
you state the order for 150 Phonographs to be of Type 4, which
you say means the large clock-work commercial machines.
The term commercial machines as ; applied to Phonographs
for London have always been understood by us to mean, the "C"
machine, that is, the big electric motor Phonograph, which can be
used for a large and small cylinder, but I take the order to refer
to the 16 cylinder Tewksbury clock-motor Phonograph, if we are
not correct? you had better advise us at once.
We also notice that you say we will see by the order yhat
we will have 3 months in which to make the first deliveries, but we
cannot figdt-re it out so.
We presume the advance of £5,000. will be remitted as
soon as the Consolidated Company approves of the Guarantee.
I do not think Mrt Searles is yet in a position to say
when the first deliveries of type 2 will be made, at least I cannot
get any definite infonnation on this point.
New York, April 1st, 1898.
My dear Mr, Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I feel badly at finding myself in rather an unfor¬
tunate position, as I have said jso you before, I made it a point to
be present at the Bettini interview, and Mr Bettini stated that he
would sell the new "STAR" machine to us for $3.00 each, provided
it did not cost more than $1.50 to manufacture, and if it iosts
less than that figure, we are to have a corresponding reduction on
the #3.00, and the reason he quoted $3.00 is, that he wants to make
K $1.50 because he expects to be under some expense for advertising
or circulars or price-lists, or incidental expenses of one kind or
another, but as I understand it he would not make this profit in
the case of Prance, if the conditions named in my letter of to-day
are carried out/
The point of this whole thi a^however , is, that Mr Searles
is making this arrangement with Bettini for you and himself, in¬
dependently of the Company, and he wants to make a profit for you
and himself under your Agreements^ 50 cents per machine, and for
that reason, he quoted you as the cost to the Company $3.50 in
the cable to-day.
it .. . ei'cz^
He thinks that you and he ^ entitled to this as the
C«p«ny i. not making th. contract, and he i, „ki„g reepon.i-
bility and supplying the money, therefore he directed me not to Bay
anything to you about th, eoet of the machine, in .ora, not
to you that Bettini q„„t.a price utonfe SeaS-leMo, *3.00
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each.
I presume his reason for this was that he was afraid that
you might be induoed tonquoto a price to the new Company at $3.00
cost, whereas he wants you to no doubt base your cost, or quotation
to them on the cost to us of $3.50.
Now Mr Moriarty you will see that I cannot carry out Mr
Searles wishes, and at the same time keep you advised of such de¬
tail, but I have* not hesitated a moment in deciding what my duty is
consequently I write the above letter, but if you wash to oblige
me, you will consider that I have not written this letter, and
that you know nothing * out the cost of $3.00.
I truit you will not fail to keep this before you.
I confess frankly it is a state of thing that I do not
Yours very truly,
6/ /t// /c't'JC'L
like.
New York, April 1st, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I learned from Bettini that he had made an appoint¬
ment with Mr Searles fop yesterday March 31st, at half past four
o'clock, P.M. therefore I informed Mr Searlea that I would be
present, although X felt that he was surprised that I knew anything
about it.
Bettini came down by himself , and after a good deal of
talk, he agreed to give us the exclusive Agency for foreign coun¬
tries for a sum for each country in proportion to $2500. for Great
Britain, with the exception of Prance, which he wanted excluded
altogether, but finally said he would accept $5,000. cash, and a
commission upon the sales of his things in Prance at some rate
which was not then decided upon*
Bettini thinks that he can be of enormous benefit to the
business in Prance, particularly, and can establish a place there
for making his Musical Records, because he is so well acqu ainted
with all the leading singers of note, and obtain records where
other people could not, he stated also that a number of people were
now looking forward to his coming to Pranoe.
Bettini has obtained control of a small clock-motor, and
X enclose you a rough sketch, which may give you some idea of it,
I do not believe it weighs over 10 lbs. It is called the "STAR".
Bettini has shown this new Machine to Edison and Gilmore
b..au.. he Ior hlm ror the „nltsa
that Edison wants to manufacture the machine without any royalty,
and as it infringes the Edison Patents, I do not see how Mr Bettini
can prevent Mr Edison manufacturing the machine if he wants to.
I said to Mr Bettini in Mr Searles presence yesterday
that he must not do so much talking, and to let matters rest until
the oontract was signed with Mr Searles.
Bettini has also shown this Machine to Prescott, and T
have told Mr Searles who this man was, and that his name is on the
National Company's price-lists. Prescott is Agent for Bettini
things here.
Bettini told the Works that if they were prepared to
manufacture for him that he would pXa ce a cash order with them for
25,000 machines, and he said to Mr Searles, if that is not enough
he will make it 50,000 machines. PtU s/o c*-,
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In regard to his Micro-phonograph Attachments, he said
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that if we take hold of the "STAR" machine, that he will give us
40# discount in any quantity, instead of Zb%.,
Bettini said that some one told him that the Graphophone
could fee manufactured for $2.50 and Mr Searles laughed at the idea,
but I said yes that is about it, and X am told that the Graphophone
people sell the EAGLE machines to their Agents for $5.00 each, and
they no doubt make a good profit on them , I do not suppose the
figures are far out of the way, if I am informed correctly.
Bettini buys records from the Graphophone Company ibr
19 cents each.
New York, April 1st, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
The Gress contract will not be settled for a week, when
Mr Gress is expected to come on here, the outline of the contract
of Gress proposition based upon a talk with Mr Searles has been
sent to him by his Lawyer in Washington, but he will have to see
Mr Searles personally to conclude the matter.
The cable which Isent you to-day, was a personal one
which Mr Searles desired me to send, although I worded it so that
there was nothing in^it, that I could not say. I refer to the one
relating tb the Bettini machine, and it was for the purpose of
strengthening Mr Searles cable to you, X presume, but if there had
been anything in it, that I could not say, I should have sent you
a separate personal cable, explaining.
These kiind^ofoffihings Mr Moriarty render my position
sometimes somewhat difficult to manage, but I keep one idea tonthe
front, namely that I represent you and I am trying to aid you.
Yours very truly,
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IMPRESS CONTINENTAL SHIPMATE BUSINESS AND HIS NEW EARLDOM
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CONSIDERED IMMENSE VALUE PREAMBLE PAIL SECURE THEM
MORISON
New York, April 4th, 1898,
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Edison opened his new place ofi.25th St., & Broadway,
Saturday evening, April 2nd.
It is the ground, floor, with two large plate glass windows
in the front, and three or four around the corner on 25th Street,
with a door on both 25th St., and on Broadway.
16 is beautifully lighted with electricity, and makes a
great show.
I saw Mr Gilmore there, amd Mr Dodge, but there are only
three or four machines in operation, and the crowd was listening to
the music.
There were so many people there, that it wasdifficult to
get around, but there was no. chrage made to hear the Phonograph, adu£
while anyone could listen to it, yet it is intended in reality for
prospective purchasers, therefore they drew the crowd from the
Graphophone place on 26th Street, and there was not more than a
dozen people in the Graphophone show-room.
Edison exhibits all the different styles of Phonographs
from the tin foil to the present Home phonograph, bu t there were
no "C" machines, and no No. 2 machines on exhibition.
The reason no No. 2 machines are exhibited is that Edison
is holding off, pending a satisfactory conclusion to the negotia¬
tions with Mr Searles, and I asked Gilmore when the first delivery
of our No. 2 Machines would be made, and he said that defended
upon Mr Seal le s, and that he Gilmore was going in to see him this
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week.
I told this to Mr Searles, and he said that he had sent for
today
him to come in tbtiakxwasdic, and X think that Mr Searles will be able
to do something, just how much I cannojr yet say, but Gilmore remark¬
ed that it was different with Mr Searles than the Seligmans.
I asked Mr- Searles if he felt secure in his dealings with
Edison, he said absolutely, and he has emphasized this to me several
times, and in referring to your request to have everything in
writing -from Edison, etc. Mr Searles said that he would rather have
what he has than forty bonds, but he did not say what the thing was
that he had, however he has positively assured me, that we were sa<fo
and he felt secure in what he is doing, though I am unable to
write you what it is.
Yours very truly,
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New York, April 5th, 1898,
My dear Mr Moriarty:-
I enclose you a copy of a letter, which I am sending
to Mr Searles, which explains itself.
I am inclined to believe that the Two Prescott Brothers,
are becoming uneasy over their illegal business, and I had a call
to-day from a man nemed F. H. McDowell, 19 Elm Street, Montclair,
New Jersey, who claimed to have some patents for improvements on
the Phonograph, which I told him I would look at, if he brought
them around, but the point of this is, that the Patent matter was
only incidental, I think, to a suggestion he made that there were
certain parties in this country who were relying upon foreign busi¬
ness, and '.vho would like to make some arrangement;-, by which they-
would turn over all of the ramifications of their business to the
United Company, and the parties he referred to, were the Prescott
Brothers, whom he claimed were active young men, and whom when they
went into the business, were not aware of its illegal character.
He claims they know nothing of his mission.
Of course you will realize that I do not take any stock
in this in any way, shape or manner, but it makes me feel that
perhaps Edison has thrown out a hint that they may be cut off.
This iB only conjecture, but it looks as if our relations with
Edison were becoming more amicable, and likely to bear fruit.
Mr Searles is giving this business, a good deal of atten¬
tion just now, and has frequent frequent interviews with the people
of the Works, and he received to-day a cable from you, which he did
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not read to me, but said it was in relation to the guarantee, and
that he would answer it in a few days, as he was preparing a fom
of guarantee, to be used with the Works, which would form a basis
for a guarantee to the English Company# and the new guarantee will
be taken out through some Fidelity Company here, X have not yet
gottenthe exact name, and^will take the place of the National
Investment Company.
The formal orders for machines were made out and handed
to Mr Searles yesterday, but they were dated in accordance with the
date 4 of your cables, that is the 10,000 No. 2 under date of March
4th, and the Multiplexs and Cylinders and the Clock-motor (16 Cy¬
linder) Machines under date of March 23rd, we also gave the order
for 100 No. 2 for the German Company.
I believe I know exactly what Types of Machines are re¬
ferred to in the contract of March 3rd, 1898, with the Edison-Bell
Consolidated Company, Limited, yet in order to be absolutely sure
and in order that Mr Searles might not feel any hesitancy about the
order, I sent you a cable yesterday advising you of what m under¬
stood the b Type 3 to mean, but no reply having been received, we '
conclude our understanding is correct.
Type No. 4 in the contract calls for a large "commercial",
and we have always understood that this Type of Machine, was the
"6" machine, but when you ordered 150 (16 cylinder) Clock-Motor
Phonographs, March 23rd, ,,ou also atated in ypm, letter of that
date that that machine was Type No. 4, so that this did not agree
with our first tinderstanding of the contract, as the large "commer¬
cial", and as Types 5 and 6, were not as clearly defined, I said
to Mr Searles, that I would cable you, as stated, in order that he
might not be obliged to rely wholly upon my interpretation.
Mr Searles criticised your prices of the "Home" Phono¬
graph, but I said the Works could easily make them for that, and
should make them for very muoh less, and I gave him some example*
of what machines really cost to make.
I also said we should get blanks for not over .08 cents
each, at the most.
You i talk about the cost of the Multiplex at $40. to $45.
in your letters to me of March 18th and 25th, and I will try to
keep the cost down as far as my demonstrating to Mr Searles goes,
but we will be obliged to pay Gress, either a royalty or something
for his Patents, which in any case will have to be taken into con¬
sideration.
I think I have surprised Mr Searles, lately about the
cost of some things, and he knows that if prices are quoted high to
him, we will be sure to know it.
McChesney was at Mr Searles office to-day, and he asked
if I had a letter in Mr Edison's handwriting, addressed to you in
regard to the disposition of the German money, and I inquired what
caused him to make the inquiry, he said Edison had telephoned him
yesterday, and that He intended to speak to Mr Searles about it.
I saw Mr
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He said how mu oh is it, about 24,000 Marks? As soon as
Searles, I told him of it, and said to him, that that was a matter
between you and himself, and that there must be no discussion of
that by anyone, and he said that he would see to it, although a
smile came over ltfs face, when I first mentioned the name of
McChesney.
In discussing prices yesterday with Mr. Searles, he read
Co<t
a latter from the Works, quoting thesis Cylinder Machine at $30.00
each/ f.o.b. Orange.
THE ABOVE IS CONFIDENTIAL, and I called Mr Searles atten-*
tion to the fact that we must make the freight from Mew York to
Lon don .
It is possible I may be in error, but I thought that the
reason Mr Searles does not always like to letmme know the exact
cost of machines, is that he is afraid that you may figure too low,
or toaclose to cost.
Mr Kuehn, who was formerly the Superintendent of the Vorkp
said to your Brother the other day, that about 50# of the No. 2
machines they make at the Works, are discarded, and the parts do
not interchange, as the shafting is not true, due to the building
having settled, as it is built on made ground, and the straight
edge will vary, and nothing will fit the gauge.
If the building continues to settle, this is liable to
recur, but I informed Mr Searles, and he will no doubt look into it.
I mentioned the matter of Inspector again to-day, and
Mr Searles thinks that if we have an Inspector, the responsibility
will be put upon us, otherwise the Works will be responsible, but
I said your Brother was a first class Inspector, and he remarked,
"is he", I said, yes, and he has a very good ear^for music, and
sound, so the matter stands that way at present, and as nothin®
is yet settled, I have not pursued it further.
Yours very truly,
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[ENCLOSURE]
New York, April ,'5th, 1898.
John E. Searles, Esq.,
117 Wall St., New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr DeCastro informed me that they were selling a good
many Bettini Outfits, and other things to foreign countries,
nojrably to Brest Britain, Spain and Prance.
Underthe contract made with Mr Moriarty, and. which has
not yet expired, Bettini is obliged to account for all sales to
foreign countries, and it might eause very severe criticism from
the English Company, if they found this out.
All we have to do in order to keep alive that contract
18 t0 SiVe an 0rd8r for 250 of outfits within the year, say bo
July 1898,
If you are not able to make satisfactory terms on the
new basis, it is well to remember that this Agency contract, is
still in force and at the proper time, we can make a demand upon
Bettini upon all sales made since September 15th, 1897.
Yours very truly,
G. N. Mori son,
Secretary.
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5th. 1898 J<$9_
My Dear sir:
I have before me your letter of the 35th. ult. which has been
caro fully noted.
X have also your two cables of the snd. and 5th. knot, and as I
am cabling you this evening I expect to arrange the guarantee business
within a day or two in a way which I trust will be satisfactory. But I
am having some trouble over your oontraot, as to the pfcice of the Home
machines. I do not understand where you could have gotten the prices
you have made on the Ho. 3. Tho only prices given you by Edison were in
his le ter of the 37th of July last, which were scaled from §17.90 down
to §16.30 each, whereas the figures named by you are §16.00, §14.00 and
§13.50 The Works state that it simply impossible for them to make the
machines at this price and they will not accept that contract. 1 await
reply to my cable on the subject.
The Works are doing their best to get out the No. 3. machines, but
as is always the case with a new machine, the hands have to be broken in
and it takes a little time to get the proper adjustment for the making
Of them in quantities. There will be no machines offered for sale until
wo are ready to make our first shipment.
Regarding the criticisms of the Ho. 3. contained in your letter to
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Morison, it is claimed that the difficulties complained of are now rear
edied and I shall send you by Saturday 's boat a new machine which will
be a fair sample of what is to be furnished.
Gross has just arrived in town and X have an appointment with him
tomorrow when I hope to be able to come to 3ome arrangement.
Bettini undertook to conduct the negotiations with Edison for the
manufacture of his small machine, without success, since receiving
your cable advising that your Continental friends were not eager for
such a machine I have not pushed the matter, preferring to wait for your
promised letter of the 2nd-
We are not clear as to what your "Typo 4" machine is As nearly as
we can make Ditch# the number of the sample it is a simple clock motor
machine after the Tewksbury type. But your contract speaks of it as
"the large- commercial" machine- I asked Mr. 1, 'orison to cable you for
an explanation, but to this writing have no reply. The only "commercial
machine" we know of is the Edison-Bell machine, abd you certainly cannot
refer to this ao it was not a clock motor. On this point I hope to haws
tomorrow, further information.
Yours very truly,
S.P.Moriarty Esq. / £■ y
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London, Eng.
New York, April 5th, 1898,
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- 1 c ■■■.*• ■
Mr G. V. Grass has just come to town, and T have made an
appointment for him to meet Mr Searles to-morrow afternoon at
half past four o'clock.
In the meantime, he has submitted to us his proposition,
which is in the fbrm of a License Agreement, based remotely u pon
the conversation Mr Searles had with him a few weeks ago.
I said to Mr Searles this morning, that we must have the
patents, that is own the Patents outright, and that if we are
obliged to agree to take so many machines, or to build so many
machines per year, and our orders should overrun the number agreed
upon, that the overplus should count upon the number for the
following year.
The price of $5.00 is too high anyhow in my opinion if a
royalty is agreed upon, but I am afraid he will want too much money
tonbuy the patents outright without royalty.
The Bettini matter is not yet settled, but must be in a
Yours very truly.
few days.
Mt Top, April 7th, 1898.
My door Mr Morlarty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Saartsa axaautad throo doaunsnta to-day, and raqnoatad
m to bring to Mi offlaa tho Soil of tha Company, whloh i did,
and affftma it to tha papara with my attaatation.
* MM no Ida* Mat tta in than ttntii tha amnmt i was
raquaatad to affix ay signature, and than only got a horrlod giansa
at than, but it waa anffiaiant to giva ms an ldaa of ttaalr aontonts.
Oni dominant «aa an Agraamont with tha Unitsd company to
porahaaa from tha National monograph Company a ono-hal: f lntaraat
in tta toolo, whloh ware mado by tha Phonograph Works, or purohaaad
by them for abtotmi of tha National Phonograph company.
■ " **ia ♦•tal "oobt'‘of thooo tlolo woo 4*1,648.97 ' , «na~half
of whloh tha UnltOd baiqmay will yayi'\'
,v" ^^'tiTOa tha Veto'd company eno-half of tha produat of
tha Phonograph iapka of «taadard ho. • Maahinaa, in otbar worda,
if tha - telegraph 'Norka manufaature.aay 10,000 Haohinaa of wo.a
typa, thoy will ba bound to giva ua ona-half of thia output, if wo
haaa ordara in fbr than, so that tho National Oampany’a ordara
aanhO't Mara praaadanaa swap thaaa of tha UMtad Company, baaouaa
tha Mllod Oanpdny »m omi ona-half tha toolo.
dnotkwp AgNonant had to ba algnad by tha Into motional
Oraphophona <fe*ny^ and Iwaaabia to oaa it long anough to gat
tha fallowing ihroiantion.
to ml nation
It prawldaa that in aonaldaration of tha Tnmmi by tha
th* Company of taptaln lawsuit a
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the Work* or *dieon, agree to pay to the Unite A Company |8,ooo.
when the distribution of Assets is made by the North American
Phonograph Company or Revolver.
■ A separate Agreement also eeneenta to the Release of
John B. Hardin, from the aseelverehip.
I think 1 am about oorreet in the above understanding of
the Agreements, but as stated before, I had little or no time to
look them ever, and Mallory went into the offiee as i went out.
If® not i$w whether I am doing exactly right in notlfy-
lng you in ^regard to ths abovs. but X would rather give up the
position herf^ than be obliged to withhold from you anything in
conns otioncith tbif .bueiaoea^ because I haip» said that I would
eare lbr your interact, and l am doing eo ae far as I ean without
offending MrSoerlce.yoti will however appreciate the sane# of the
,.f&en.- X .tfU yen that i faked Mr seariee if he had
aeti^iod yon ef the above agrfemsnta, and he replied, he had not.
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•ff. that he did. not. wieh me to either, and upon my stating again
that you should ba notified, ho replied that he would notify.you
•Men hs got rsady,moanliig that Ms was not yet propared to do so,
and gave me the impression that he did net want to be interfered
with until, ha hat completed all that hs has on hand.
. Mo also remarked that be was running this and of the
business, stoieh he lms remarked to ms before,
6 In Mfltrt to tlMN cult* whi«h hm b«an diiamtlnutd, I
** "^ *"•* *"* nu *111‘*»1 ^ r««srd to them, but you know they
*r» of long standing, and as Mr Hughes remarked at one time, Were
of v*ry doubtful! issue, but might serve as a olub over Edison.
If however they were pished, it is a tjuestion whether
they would bO successful, and would be expensive, besides unsettling
tHe business perhaps for * eonsiderabie time, and keeping up the ^
emttitp Of Edison, whidh would be . to sdy the ledst, iihfoftuniw,
in view Of the present neoeasity of having the orders miod, bp
that if Hr Maple's pas made or is making some further beppfijsial
arrange rant a iri ih Edison, and as a eondition withdrawing these
suitii it may be a decided advantage to do so, hut' as I am not
•ware or Wha« he ii doing, I simply submit this oon»nt fOr what
if ia -worth: '• /:»« .• *•
toy I ask you to treat this letter as if it had not been
wrliten. bedause l tell youfrankiy.it is hot pleasant to find
oneselftpuiiadin two dirediions.andshubbed when 1 ask to see your
eabieef' .v ■ " ' Votu-a
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Sd/t/teMf £7famadl/, %» TUnuttsttf, J&nbm/ Woveton' W*mt/Mrf»M3nte/e,
S.E-Moriarty Esq.
London, England:
My Dear sir:
I have none of your mail favors to reply to but have had
quite an important exchange of cablegrams
The character of the guarantee wanted by you for the English eont^
rabt , was in many particulars one that no surety company would give
and no one but a surety company could give such a guarantee as that re¬
quired- It could not have been had at all, but for seantor Platt's
influence and assistance wit h the Fidelity Company of which his son is
Vice president; and even this company refused to give it without, .praoti
cally a personal guarantee from me as to its fulfillment- It tool: until
yesterday evening to secure their assent, and that on personal graounds
This morning, the moment Mr- Tod arrived at his office, he cabled the
guarantee-
I hoped for advices of the promised remitance of $50,000 today, in
addition to the 4,000 Pds- .which was promised yesterday for account of
machines, based upon which I had promised Edison some money, for which
I was obliged to give him today ray personal ohecK, in order to carry
out my agreement.
By your cablegram received this afternoon I learned that cable was
J/fa/w&^eairiet), Zhur/tuf. AwMlf Se/toom &. 7/.7?/rm<ion,, deemfm-//,
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Sit Wl LLIAM STREET,
received too late to get the money for transmission, and tomorrow being
a holiday nothing will be transmitted until Saturday. I do not understand
then why you promise only a part of the money, and that the balance will
only be forthcoming after the directors meeting on Tliursday next, when
it was already promised for today- Possible I shall get some further
light on this subject by cable on Saturday.
X now came to your cable announcing the closing of the oontraot
for the continent of Europe, including Prance; but by reason of the lack
of punctuation, its provisions are not clear.
As I understand your message you do not think well of giving Bet-
tini any contingent interest in the future of the business in Prance, as
he desires- But with his supremo confidence in his ability to enter the
Prench market on his own account it will be difficult to deal with him
outright. I shall, however’ have an interview with him on Saturday or
Monday and will see what can be done-
You say you "believe can safely accept conditions 600 Bettini pho¬
nographs for continent" but I do not feel warranted in entering into a
contract on mere belief- Furthermore, this does not meet the conditions
which are that we shall give him a substantial order for Great Britain,
besides paying him the §8500,. Further orders are to bo given in conneotion
with the tranfer of rights for the Oontinent. If, a3 you state, your
syndicate is so powerful that no one else will be allowed to sell in
Jfo/w S. <7>}:ar7\j. fflaut/nut,
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HLLIAM STREET,
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Prance, it is probably bettor not to attempt to close that country with
him until he is convinced by the strength of the new organisation of his
error in thinking the field open to him. However, your letter will ox*
Plain fully, when received and I shall defer action concerning the Con¬
tinent until I hear from you> meanwhile cabling you for definite instruc
tions concerning Bettini maohines for Great Britain.
I shall, of oourse, be anxious to receive confirmation of this
cable and particulars of sale.
I am negotiating with Edison to clean up all the old matters and
start’ the business on a fresh understanding, which I hope to consummate
before the next mail-
Awaiting your further favors
I remain
Yours verjft truly
Ay '
Haw York, April 8th, 1898.
My dear Ur Uoriarty: -PKR80NAL.
A maetlng la called for next Monday, April Uth, whan
the Offioera for the ensuing year will be elected, also the
Sxeedtlve cWittee.whieh I praam* will be the sane , aa foliowa.
- Mr. John R. -Searlee, President.
Mr Stephen P. Moriarty, Vtee-Preoident.
'Mr. 9. H, Morison, Seeratary.
Mr.Wirithrop u. Tut tie , Trea surer .
; ' '■ ■-'<>' < BJKOUTm OOMMITTRB.
■ ' ' ’’ W* John M. : Searlea.
Mr. Thomaeo* Piatt.
Mr. S. N. Mori aoii.
‘ ' Mrv Winthrop M. tattle.
Mr J . t. Meohennay.’
If there l a titty change la' the Rxeeutive Committee, I
Mill notify you by na*t nail.
I note what you aay in your letter of Maroh 83rd, in re¬
lation to your aeeoun\, and Mill give it attention.
- - I do not know yet- when the firtft naohinea will be deliver
'ad.' -
y»um vary truly,
New York, April 11th, 1898,
My dear Mr. Moriartyi-
Mr Sear lee informed me this morning in talking about the
payment to the Works for toola, that the amount, he would have to
pay to-day, was $11, 542.97, therefore I was not oooroet in my
letter to you of April 7th, that this figure constituted the total
eoet of the toola.
the total eoet is twiee that, or #88,088.94, and that
upon my remarking upon the high eoet, he eaid well have you aeon
them, J aaid no, well he said I have an itemized bill ofnthem,
and they are delieate fine toola.
He did not show me the bill, so I cannot Judge anything
about it, but that sum of money ought to purchase some very fine
tools.
I asked Mr Scenes when we wore going to got any machines
and he did not seam to know, but he remarked, that we would have
the first machines, and that the National Oompsny would not resolve
any before we get our first delivery,
Z asked also whether the nmittenoe had been received
from you of U0,000, far meehlnoe, he said he had Just received
a sable remittanea of U.000, or #9870. and seemed to bo mash on*
noysd that the amount was not uo,ooo, as he remarked that he had
to pay ever #11,000. for tools to-day, end the melt tone* did net
even some up to that amount, end that he hod to pay half the eoet
of the meshime la advenes*
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I made an appointment for him to meet Bettlnl on Wednesday
at 4 o’clock* and I cm trying to push along the Cress matter.
April 8th
Mr Searlea eaid that he had cabled youAthat we would have
to give an order to Bettlnl for machines, or some of hla micro-pho*
graph Outfits, and asked you to send on an order, but has not heard
from you. '
Ur Searlea also said that you cabled that the Continental
Oontraot had been forwarded last' Saturday, and therefore that that
matter was closed, and that he had cabled you that tie could not
control the output of machines for the United States, but could do
so for foreign territory, and that therefore this aust have been
understood by you before the Continental contraot was closed.
Mr Searlss said he had cabled you a guarantee to the
amount of $100,000. in the fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
and that he, Mr Searlea, had been obliged to give his personal
guarantee to gev it.
Mr Searlss criticised your not sending more than 12,000.
when you had written so positively that you had made arrangements
to send MO, ooo. and I remarked, that you had had a great deal of
trouble with those people over there, and that it was probably
like drawing teeth to get any money out of them In advanoe, ete.
Yours very truly,
<rr<.
P.S. Since writing the above. I decided to write a letter to Mr
Searlea in re»rd to what 1 think is such an exorbitant prise fOr
the tools, a copy of whioh 1 enclose*
[ENCLOSURE]
New York, April 11th, 1898.
John B. Searles, Esq.,
117 wall st., New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I cannot refrain from dropping yon a line to expreae my
feeling in regard to the priee the Worke are charging you for the
tdols for th« No. 2 Machine.
The pjtfoe Bferae to me eo enormone, that I feel confident
they eannot eoat anything like Buoh'a aum «£, #23,000.
Mr Searlea, give it a aecond thought beofe you pay the
bill.
Youra very trUlfr,
0. N. MOriaqn,
(aighed.)
New York, April 12th, 1898.
Mx> 4wm Mr Mori arty: - PERSONAL.
In reply to your flavors of Marsh 30th and April 2nd,
enclosing copies of lattars to Mr Searles and cablegrams, all of
which were received by the aoaa nail, I have aeon Mr Searles and
showed him your letter to me of April 2nd.
The Battinl matter ia not yet completed, but I told Mr
Searles yesterday that I would make an appointment for ibMay ' 'V
with Bettini^ vmoh X have dona; at 4:80 o’ cloak, although Mr
Searles aeeaad rather depreaaad yesterday about the business, due
I preauaa to the fast that only L2,000 was resolved, but he will get
over this, and it is not worth Mila for you to feel worried over
it, and I simply write theea things, as a little synopsis of daily
events.
Mr Bettini said to me yesterday, that not having made
satisfactory arrangements with the Phonograph works to manufaeturo
thetsaail mash ins, ha had ordered ssooo made through the party who
owned the patent, but those goods wars for tha United states, and
would not lntarfara with his arrangements with Mr Searles( ha is
howavar lmpatisnt to soma to sane understanding with Mr searles,
and is liable to go off in disgust if wa do net do something, and he
talks as if ha was vary independent, whleh toe may be, if it la true
that other parties haws bean endeavoring to moke an alliance with
him.
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I do not think that Mr Searlea really feels disposed, to pay
any money to either Bettini or Greee, at least not until more money
oomes from London, butnl think the Bettini matter, will probably
Wednesday
eome to a head on ttwaduy April 1-Sth.
The talk with dress last week wae not final, so far as
Mr Searlea understands it, but dress promised to send him a model
madhins, and to let him have the uee Of hie tools, if h*, Mr;
Searlea, deolded to manufacture them, but when I palled at dress’
office this morning, I was astonished to learn that he had gone
South again, and would hot return before the 1st of May; he ia
really a a" bad ae the Spanish, and ia inclined to put everything off
but hie eon had a power of Attorney, and promised me to send the
model machine to Mr Sedrlsa to-morrow or next hay.
The terms dieeusped with Mr dress, were praetieally the
same aa those outlined to you in a previous letter, but 1 said to
Mr Searlea yesterday that we must own the Patents, and I remarked
how are you going to do in', Mr Searlea, and he replied that he
would have to i&ke up hie mind during the interview with dr*se, hut
W*8 not aware than that Grpea hpd Jupt returned Sputh, eo fhat
if he ie unable to aeeompliah anything with his Son, I shaU epk
him to write dress suoha letter as Will bring him on again.
When Mr Searles gate the model maohine, he will find out
what iilsoats to’ make them,
dress said that he had 200 of these map hlne a on hatid, 1O0
of which oould be delivered almost immediately, and I shall aak Mr
Searles
to eeeitre these at onoe,
Ihe contents of your letters are carefully noted, and I
asked Mr Searlea to read yopr letters to him which were received
this wash, very carefully, and he said he had read every word of
them
Bettlnl ha 8 only the eang>le of hie hew machine, therefore
I cannot send you one at present, but he has promised 'W me have
I
one out of the first that are rode-
I note what you eay In your letter to Mr Searlea of
April 2nd, in regard to gattlng the Bettlnl Patents.
Voura very truly.
Hew York, April 12th, 1^9B.
Up dear Hr Horlarty:-PBRSOHAl/
Referring to your letter to me of Maroh 83rd, X en¬
close yon • meaiorendiiei of yonr Aeeount to Maroh Slat, as requested,
but which ie subjoet to the approval of the Board of Directors, In
addition to the figures embodied in the aeeount, you will be en¬
titled to a oommiaeion upon all the eash resolved aa per Agreement
and as soon aa X hear from you, X will present it to Mr Searlea.
The epHHieslon above referred to, aa you know, is aa sign¬
ed to Hr Searlea aa trustee.
* Yours very truly,
jfr/to* S. 4«w4t ffiaurAn/, J7umtaaj& S. 76Vlm<tom $e<m /an/.
jffltmarty, 7ms BtauietU, .^4 wort/ mndort Ifatt/ito/tsMokO/ei SmtMsmv
S.p.Moriarty E3q.
London, England .
My Dear Sir:
Since my last I have your letters of the 30th- of March
and 1st. and 2nd- innt.
in the former you state that you have arranged with the directors
for an advance of §60,000 to be paid you on the oth. of April to be usod
in payment for machines*
I received on Saturday a remittance of §9,070- since which I have
heard nothing from you, notwithstanding my cable of the 8th. inst. ashing
definitely for advices concerning further remittances*
According to your letter of the 1st. on payment of the instalment
due April 4th. and after throe days in which to effect clearances a moet-
ing would be arranged to pay over the amounts due under the contraot ,
whereupon remittance was to be made on account of purchase money;
I judge from your cable of the 7th. that the holidays intervening
the meeting of the Board was postponed until the 14th- on which day I
expect yon will remit.
The same letter repeats the statement concerning the §60,000 which
was already authorised to be cabled on account of machines: In view of
which i am at loss to understand why the money ha3 not been forwarded-
Ji>/l/fS.<S/MI'L). %n>"/e»A & 7A7?//rM0/t/, Srctr/o.ry.
<$to/t/ww at /Aw//, J&> MwiAnA M*u»y SQvmfm' 3m,.u,mK
rad/Jsm)7/f/7
Tho absence of this money is hindering the filling of the orders
for the mohines, as on the strength of your cable I promised Edison some
money and he is now annoyed at not getting it. £ have not, consequently,
the same power to push him on our orders that X would have otherwise.
Referring to your letter of the 2nd- inst. I have done nothing fur¬
ther with sett ini as X am unable to c triply with the terms of the agree¬
ment which includes the placing with him of a substantial order for his
microphonograpns for Great Britain, simultaneously v/ith the execution
of the contract, as also the payment of $3500.
It is impossible to send you at present a model of his new'. small
machine- it is a machine which is, I think., entirely unlike anything you
have ever seen and in many respects hotter- However , I quite agree with
you that it is not desirable to introduce it at a time when you are mak¬
ing a market for the No-3's upon which, as you very properly state, we
shall depend for our main business.
I shall say nothing to Bottini of your powerful syndicate which
will prevent his doing anything in France, until i have received your
copy of contract describing same, which x understand will arrive in Sat¬
urday's mail-
Awaiting your further favors I remain.
Yours very'^ruly,
Sew York, April 14th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriartys-PSRSOHAIi.
Referring to ywur letter of April 6th, enclosing letters to
Mr Sesrles, I have Just been to his office, And showed him the
Weekly Report of March 31st, which shows a credit to you of *250.
for cash advanced.
I called Mr Searlee attention to your remarks in relation
to Bet tint, and he remarked in effeot that you were very toploftio/z-G
with yout big French Company, and that you indicated that you did
not care anything at all about Bettini now, eto, etc, but I re¬
marked that you did not mean that you eared nothing at all about
the Patent*, the/^we ought to have the Patents for the Duplicator,
and also Gross Patents.
He said that hs would get the Bettini Patents for Great
Britain for 12,500. but I said to him that that was the first
arrangement, and that Bettini does not understand it so at the
present time, but he intimated that he would have it so when hs
, drew up the agreement.
Mr. Searles wrote to Grass the day before yesterday, and
asked him to telegraph a reply,' it was simply outrageous, his going
awpy without coming in to ess Mr Ssarles again, and I do not know
what to make of 14, but it may corns all right in a day or two.
Mr Searles says that you received the Guarantee on the
day your letters of April 6th, were written.
Mr Searlee received a sable from you to-day, announcing
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that the first payment from tha Maw Company would be made to-morrow.
You did not sand mft, with your letter of April 6th, a
6of>f of any oables you may have resolved or sent, and you speak of
having received one from Mr Searled.
Will you not kindly ask Mr Munro to remind you of thin
when you are sending off letters, so that I may have a clear record
o frail the transactions, and enable me to understand them fully.
Yourp vary truly,
. v // •
sA Jim MaMnt,
£f. T&fffcrtham e&wwftwy
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t\ LLIAM STREET.
S, V. Moriarty, Eaq. ,
London, England,
Dear Sir!-
/^/yy'^^r^'AvriX 14th, 1898,^1?
Referring *o your letter of April 6th, eneloaing Resolu-
tion of the Edieon-Bell Coneolidated Phonograph Company, Limited,
Mr Searlea thinks the Resolution ie unsatisfactory, as it provides
for machines , that is type No. 3, in any quantity at #15.50,
therefore if they choose they could order a single machine at that
price, which is too low, and Mr Searles informed ms that the
National Company pay for than #16.00 for this type, therefore we
could not supply one machine or a small quantity of mohines at
the figure you name.
Yours very truly,
4/// /? ....
Secretary.
New York April 14th, 1898.
My tear Mr Mori arty : -PERSONAL.
In your latter to me of Maroh 30th, you ariced ibr
aanplea of the latest machines.
I do not think I understand fully Just what you mean by
this, but I told Mr Ssarles, that I wanted to send you a half a
dozwn of No. 2 type, and l 16-cylinder olook-raotor Phonograph, as
you might be obliged to turn over your samples to the new English
Company, and as Boon as I ean get on*, I will sand youxftkaxt a
small Bettlni Phonograph, itais called the "STAR" , whioh I have
referred to in previous letters,
the cress weight-motor Multiplex Phonograph, is not yet
prefeoted, as they have made some changes , making it much simpler.
Imwill send you SO reoords for the slot machines as soon
as I ean get them.
Mr Searles had an interview with Bettinl and DeOaatro
yesterday afternoon, and he agreed to submit a form off agreement
to Bettini, on Saturday, April 16th.;
The terms aooordlpp to the intsrviewe. will be soe* thing
in lint with the letter written by Bettini to Mr Searles, dated
March 86th, of whleh 1 sent you a eopy, but sine# my interview with
Mr Searles to-day, and ay repaated reminders that we should own t hi
Patents, the sgreewnt whioh Mr Searles will submit, I think, will
be materially ehangtd, at least I hope to
Bettini la getting up a wery handsome complete eatalogua
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of his Mi orophonographe , reeords, eto, eta, and he wants to itta^e
the first issue, 9,000 taking six thousand himself, and three
thousand to us, giving us the privilege of putting any wording on
the oover that we wish.
The cost of the first lot, will be $50, a thousand, but
Should anjr mbre be wSntdd they oan be struek off f*br h Very touch
Ip.pa figure,
Mr Seqrjea asked pie whether I thought ypu epuld usp 3000
I said that I would not order them without asking you, beoausa the
list of records ohaggee quiokly and frequently, and we do not know
whether the prices for the other things as wall would conform to
the prloss for England, therefor* they have net yet been ordered,
and I am opposed to ordering them anyhow, unless by doing eo we oqn
aocomplieh something, that is get soms advantage from Bettini,
that will make it worth while to do So, suoh ale if wh oonoede this
point that Bettihi will not oppose our feVadJuiring the patents.
Vtoirw vary truly
y /////W
P.S. Mr Segrlep weirit to Orange yapterday to }
Edison. .
April 16th, Since writing the first part. of
Searle a remarked, , that as the first shipment o
made next week, it would not be worth while to
referred to above..
javf a ta}k pith Mr
thie latter, Mr
mSohinea would be
send you the ai*
«y dear Mr Mori arty, PERSONAL. New York, April 15th, 1898.
Referring to your cable received to-day, 1 Immediately notified
Mr Searie o at the Western Rational Bank, he was talking to a man,
but same to ms at onee, and took the sable out of my hand, and
remarked immediately, •well it has not some*, and he said he had
promised the Seligoans to Make a payment to-day, and he seemed mu eh
worried about it, so I said well that is all nonsense they must
wait until Monday, and finally he sent me to see Henry Seligman,
and to show him the eable, Henry saidJ, well you just tell Mr Searie
I expeet him to eomply with his Agreement, but I told Mr Seligman
that he would have to wait until Monday.
When I informed Mr 8earles of this, he sent me to Brown
Bros. * do.1, to see if any remittanea had been redolwed for him,
but it hM not.
in the meantime he had sent off a eable to you, whioh if
I remember eorreotly, was worded ae follows:-
•Cable not received, what does it mean*.
Mr Searie s said he had e Ob led yeu previously asking you
What the amount would be, but no reply to that had bssn received,
and that you do not state in typ present oablt,
It la not worth whilt to rohoarao the whole eonversatloa,
but I aaid to Mr Saarloa, that he must not loots tight of one fast,
tha you had ateompllahoi all that you said you would up to tho
pro toot tins, and that tha money would be here in the morning, but
tha fast af tha Sellgaans dunning him for money, eeema to worry
him vary muqh>
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I alao said to him that ha did not appreciate the diffi¬
culties in dealing withUhgliehman, , and that they ware not aomiatomeW'
to being pushed for a settlement as ia done in Jteieriea.
Yours very truly,
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New York, April 18th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty : -PBRSOKAl.
A oiroumatanee ha a happened to-day, which has caused
ms some annoyance.
Mr MeOheoney called in, and asked me whether there would
not he room enough in our office for him to have desk room, and
stated that he had talked to Mr Searles about it, aiiaffeuggeited
that it might not be agreeable to me, and Mr Searles replied, I don<T
knowwhy*.
Mr MeOheaney eaya he la about to give up his old position
and to attend to Mr Searles affairs exclusively, and he- thought ea*.
ha thought that as he was connected with this Company he could
have an office hare, in fact he says he has ordered some mail sent
here already, and as I did not accede to it, he wanted ms to go
right down and see Mr Searles at once, but 1 shall not go until
to-morrow. ' - J <’*«'
He says that Mr Searles keeps him posted about thla Coer-
ptoy, and he does not imagine that anything goes on, that he does
not know about.
You know what sort of a man My MoQhesney ie, and he would
not be la this office a weak before he would practically own the
Company, and it would be a matter of Impossibility for iso to write
my letters to yam, while he vwas here, in addition to which, under
thoae circumstances, I would not be able to leave any lettm^s
lying around.
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Aprll 19th, Mr Sear lea called me on the phone to-day, and X
said to him , in a nice way, that I could not aeeomodate Mr
MOOheeney in our office, and he replied eharply, "why not", I eald
well I cannot do eo; there are reasons why I cannot, and I m
obliged t6 wTltd letters, and it would be an interruption 6f the
business, but as he was in a hurry, he skid that he would talk
to me again about it.
Now Mr Mori arty, this is a thing that oannot be permitted
if it is at all possible to avoid it, and I shall object strongly.
Mr McOheaney wont away last night for Mr Searles, and n»y
be gone for twO or three weeks, so that I should like to have your
views in the matter by return' nail.
fours very truly,
■ _ ; • . ' • .. , ■ #/ //
M. Mtvltbs tenting etoa t HeOheeaer says, t m net believe he
taMMN every thing abeft the tasiseea
HWw York, April 18th, 1898.
My dear Mr Morlarty; -pkssonal.
fimr letter of 7th of April, enclosing eopy of
letter to MroSeerlee of eeme data, la Juat to hand, and Mr Searlea
sent for me to know what I understood you wanted in regard to the
Bettini matter, arid youtwishee In the natter somewhat dleeonoerted
him, owing to hie practically hawing agreed to make a contract with
him.
I aaid that he must aeeure the Patent* for 3 re at Britain,
he replied that Bettini would not do that, but 1 said he muat en¬
deavor to aocomplieb it, and he ean make a oontraet with Bettini
for hi a Duplicator and Mlero-Phonegrapha for the other foreign
oount ri#*, and if it will aid matters, he can relinquieh Frame,
but the whole matter will be considered, and tlmre will be no step
taken or interview before Wednesday, that 16 the day after to-morrow.
1 said also that you did not wiah to advertise Bettini,
but would consent to stamping his name ofVhls things, and that if
it became necessary, we would have io agree to give Bettini m
order for 300 of his outfits within the year, beaeuae in order to
get the Patents, or to aeeonplish anything with Bettini, it be
noeessary to show some actual business.
Mr Sears Is s said this morning that he had made an agree¬
ment with tha Wfcrka to dolivar na all the order of Ho. 8 amehlnea
within aix months from this date, and that they were to be deliver
od in London; She latter statement dame about in thla way,
1 t0 Mr S**rl,B a*out Appointing your Brother
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Inspeetor at the Works, but ho said that ho had arranged with the
Works to dal Ivor the machines In London, and that ho did not want
<(
an Inspeotor, hsaremark was, that you eould use him In London if .
(f
you wanted to.
Mr Searles thinks Shat the whole matter, or rather
responsibility, if they are obliged to deliver the faaehins* in
London, will rest wi^h the Works, whereas if we Jiad an inspector,
we wpuld assume the responsibility after they were pa seed by him,
so that unless you Insist upon it positively, it eannot be done at
present.
I notioe your present latter says, "provided it is agree-
able to Mr Searlee". Thanking you for your kindly Waster Greeting.
Tours very truly,
.V. / / / ? t <- —
New York, April 19th, 1898.
My door Mr Moriarty. -PERSONAL*
Referring to your letter to Mr Searlee, dated April 7th,
You v« not far out of the Wf in your estimate of the eoet of the
Multiplex machines at $50.00, and when Mr Searlee renarked to me
that you wero out of the way in your prleee, I showed him that the
figures in regard to this machine were pretty nearly right.
Referring to your remarke ao to not yet hawing control
of the Multiplex, 1 hope we oan accomplish that as stated in a
asperate letter, but 1 have worked Mr areas up to the point more
than ones, and nothing definite was done, so that I am really
surprised that we seem to have him in lino again.
X note what kin* of type 8 mawMne you want.
I an glad to hear that you have practically concluded
the negotiations for the Continent, and that you will send ue
another order, two ouch big Coo^onles ought to give uo oil the
business ws want.
I will endeavor to see that nothing is put in the Bsttini
contract, that will bind the Company in any way, that is objeetlon-
able, such as advertising, or agreeing to use his records, etc.
Bettinl has Improved the email machine, and it is very
mueh better, but X note how you feel in regard to this.
X received a letter to-day from the Attorney- General at
/trantea, advising va of the non-pajment of our Hexes for 1898,
thioh together with interests and eoste, to date, msount for tha t
ytar td |1866. Aft, and stating that unlees paid by the 1st of M*y
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the Charter of the Company wuld be forfeited.
Our Taxes are 1/& of 1 % pm thenCapltal per Annum, wi<td 1
$10. per month Interest, for every month they are overdue. I
1 sailed Mr dearies attention to the above letter, and j
he said that he "'Was not going to' pay out any taore money, and lie '
wanted to wait un^U do heard from you, hui as it is not hsAebeady
to pay it for ten days yet, ye may get a remlttprwe from Igmdtyn,
but in case *e do not, 1 will see that it ia not overlooked.
Ur ^earles received from you this weak *4,000. or $19,350
*b I wrote you, and I presume he has paid the 8eligmane in Jtall,
for Henry declined td wait any longer.
Mr dearies daughter 'la to be married this evening, and
he has not pgud much attention to bu&lhesft to-day, but I on to
aee him to-morrow, wi td Gressin- tde morning and Bettini in the
afternoon.
Yours very tidily,
Transatlantic
No. Memuty*, ~3h-/ .
7 ; nnto LOND'ON APRIL
The followh^^A BLJSG-iy^ti: received, “Via Commeroial Cables,’
Cablegram.
OFFICES i
LONDON: S3, Boyal Eiokango, E.O., 10, Mark Lane,
. E.O., 1, Northumberland Ayenue, W.O., 11, Duka
Street, aa, and East India Ayenno, B.O.
LIVERPOOL: F 3, Enhange BoDdinjs.
MANCHESTER : 18, Moult Street, Otm Street.
NEWOASILE-ON-TINE: JO, Sandhill.
BRADFORD : 3, Forster Square.
GLASGOW : 07, St, TOoont Street, and 40, Hope St.
DUNDEE: 87, Albert Square.
EDINBURGH: 34o, Froderiok Street. ■ ' ' .
LEITH: E, Bernard Street.
BRISTOL: Carlton Chambers, Baldwin- Street
CARDIFF : Con’s Corner, Bute Dooka
SWANSEA: l£ Adelaide Street
WESTON-SUPER-MARE: 13, Klohmond St
WATERTILLE : Co. Kerry.
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My Dear Mr- Moriarty:
The marriage of my daughter on Tuesday prevented
my writ ing in ansv/er to yours of the eth- inst- recoivod on Monday.
I note your "amazement" concerning the guarantee, which simply be
-trays your lac!; of apprehension of the true character of the oontraot
you entered into with the English company and what it involves for the
E-U-P-Co. .
This contract is by all odds the most extraordinary and one-sided
document I ever saw- X do not wonder that Mr. coats and his associates
insisted upon a guarantee and were loath to believe it would be furnish¬
ed- You seem to have surrendered everything and to have lost sight of
the interests of the E-U-P-Co. and the burden it would be compelled to
assume in such a contract; for you must certainly have Known that we
would have no popsiblo.way of putting any suoh responsibility upon the
Edison Phonograph Works or any one else, as that assumed by you for tho
Ccmpany, and that no one would guarantee the performance of such a con¬
tract by the E-U-P-Co. , which has no facilities for manufacturing^ with¬
out the guarantee of a responsible manufacturing company back of them-
Let me call your attention to a few faots and to the situation as
it was when your contraot, to whioli you had bound the company in advance,
came to hand here.
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In tiro first place, look at the only oontraot wo had with the works
and goo what you had a right to demand , and undor that oontraot how
long it would take you to fill your orders for maohines.
secondly, remember that at the tine your contract was received not
a ho. s machine had been built other than the models and there were no
tools for making them, which belonged to the Works- I had tried from
time to time to make Edison believe we wore going to do some business,
especially in the No. 3- machines, but ho simply smiled and reminded me
that it was the same story he had heard for eight years. Meanwhile he
had borrowed for the National Cbmpany (as X have since learned at largo
cost in his interest in the business of that company) money with which
to build now tools to cheapen the oost of the Ho. 3 machine and to ex¬
tend the business of the National in the Home machine, the sale of which
he was pushing and of which he had increased his output to fifty per day
and kept well oversold, and with the bud: ness thus built up he had hired
a store on 3roadway, corner of 30th. St. (the St James) at a rental of
nearly ($8,000 per annum, to push the sales of the Home and the new
No. 8, when it should come out . And the National Ob . had put in an ord- '
er for 6,000 machines no. 3, with a provisional second 6,000.
5?ho day 1 received your cable advising that the new company had
authorised an order for 10,000 No. 3. 1 immediately called up Gilmore
and told him to enter an order for the E-U-P-co. for that number of
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maohines, to which ho replied that it would bo impossible to fill the
older, as, not having had a firm order in hand for us'sinc&sthe time Hr*
Edison had given me the price on tho machines, they had taken orders
which would take them several montha to fill, and that more tools would
have to be made before they could take additional erdors-
Mow. it is all very well for you to sit in Edison House, London,
and say what Mr. Edison ought to do and what I ought to make him do, but
you raist not forget that we were, and are, in hi3 hands, and we are pow¬
erless, at present, at least to deliver raaohines, except with his coop¬
eration and goodwill.
The E-U.p.Co. has tried litigation ad nauseam and with nothing to
show for it but ill-feeling and bills.
So far as filling any such orders as tlioso sent (and still further
promised) is was an impossibility under the existing contract with the
Works • I had promised to furnish the money to build additional tools:#
if necessary, but the National Company (I found the largest stockholder
in that company had no interest in the Works but was only interested
to get and keep every possible No. 2- Machine for the next three or, ’four
months) insisted that they would not part with any portion of their pres¬
ent tools as they could readily sell the entire product themselves, and
they could see no possible reason for their giving away the profit on
5,000 or 10,000 machines. while nev; tools were being built.
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I 3pent half a day in Orange and two houra each out of four days
in Hew York, before I succeeded in getting a contract under which, by
paying half the cost of the national company's tools, I v/aa to have half
the entire output of the Ho. 2* machines, and the national Company to
ros-c-lve to put up the money, jointly for suoh additional tools as may
bo necossary to Increase the output and meet our joint requirement s.
This result was only reached in the end j $ by wiping out all the old lit¬
igation and the establishment of amicable relations, as an evidence of
which I also made Ediooh a loan on some of his bonds to relieve him from
the obligations assumed- when he borrowed money to build his tools (We
got §2,000- cash from Edison toward our legal oxpenses)
How come3 your contract , and I must confess I was sick at heart on
reading it- And had I not been sure that the whole business was a plot
to throw you down, which would have led to the failure of your scheme,
and the forfeiture of the money paid Ooats and the loss of all expenses
incurred, I would have returned it as being entirely 'impracticable and
impossible of execution. Under the circumstances I undertook to do tho
best possible and face the consequences for the balance. You promised
a "bank" guarantee, to ask which of any bank would have been to make me ..
ridiculous. I then put my awn Company, The national investment company,
in the breaoh, which being a private corporation I feared would not be
satisfactory and which I was very loath to put in suoh a position, but
under the pressure of your cables I assented and tho paper was hastily
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executed and forwarded in the supplementarnail . Y/hile thia wsb in trans¬
it i was trying to arrange something else as a substitute, and the only
possible refuge was a surety company. I am a director in the American
Surety Company, the largest in the oountry, but I could not got it <hero.wk
inasmuch as it was nota proposition that l could?, recommend, l finally
placed the matter before Senator Platt and insisted that it was the only
hope for his stbok that he procure me this guarantee through his fideli¬
ty company- His son, the vice President , was sent for, and promised to
do his utmost, but on calling for the contract which was to be guaran¬
teed, his counsel flatly refused unless 1 produced an agreement from the
Works that the contract would be carried out by them-
How. let us look at your requirements in the contract.
X. Types 2 and 3 may be called for, one or both 1.000 each
in 30 days and on GO days notice, 1500 of either or each . and, if called
f°r, two complete sets of parts with each phonograph ordered which is
equivalent to a possible demand for 2,000 or 3,000 machines each month
and parts for 4,000 or 0000 more, a possible domand for the equivalent
of 0.000 machines per month.
The capacity of the Works to day, on Ho. 3 Machines, is 50 per day
or 1250 per month and without making any Ho* 2. Tho capaoity of the pro-
sont tools for making Ho. 2- is 100 per day or 2600 per month. Of both,
not more than 3,000 per month. These must be divided between the nation¬
al Company and ourselves. Hot/ could wo expect the Y/orks to sign suoh a
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But this is not all. You call for the shipment of possibly 860 per
month of No. 4 to males which, many of the regular shop tools are requir¬
ed and also of the No. 6 multiplex and No. 0 3ettini, neither of which
the Works will manufacture, and for which, of oourse, they will make no
oontraots* I tried to get Edison to manufacture the multiplex, we furnr
ishing him the tools, but he says that with the work now laid out he
cannot do it.
II- Now, as to guarantees- You not only require that all imper¬
fect machines and parts shall be made good and the expenses paid both
ways , but a heavy penalty during the time the machines are being changed
and of course, Hr. Edison and the v/orks decline absolutely to pay such
penalty, nor is it reasonable to expect it.
HI- As to price, while we are compelled .to buy tools for the build¬
ing of tiie machines the cost of these tools forms a part of the cost of
the machines; hence, when you sold 6,000 No. 8 at $9.00 you Sold them
at less than cost. And as to the No 3, we are obliged either to pay for
tools or pay for the National Company 's tools for such machines as we may
require. I have never been able to understand where you got your prioos
for the Ho. 3 and the amended price, which is for any quantity, is $1-30
less than we can furnish them for in quantities not less than 600.
XV. The Automatic Multiplex: You express surprise that I havo
not olosed with Gross, but if you had been here you would have understood
the matter easily- X have had several interviews with Grass and came
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t° an agreement, which ho insisted shoulSr^e put in form by his attorney
and in each instance, after he has stated that he would remain to dose,
he has fled the town and gone South without signing. Ho is apparently
indifferent about the business and afraid he will part with something.
He is doing almost nothing with his machines here, and has no arrange¬
ment for manufacturing them. I have been trying to got hold of his tools
and he promises them from day to day, and now writes me “they will be
ready in about three weohs11 • Ho has finally commissioned his son, with
tho attorney to close the business, and I am hopeful we shall finish it
yp this weeh. and if wo can got possession of his tools we must find
some one to build the machines ordered and also, if possible, buy the
100 or 200 machines he has partially built (the number varies each time
he states it )
v‘ The Hq._q Machine: Bottini: v/e can ciose our contract with
him, but he wants more definite assurances that we will push his wares
and hus last point is that we shall use 3ome of his catalogues with our
imprint on them, and that you are not willing to do.
VI- Terms of Payment: Your contract provides for payment half on
tho delivery, in London of the documents, and tho balance, if the mach¬
ines are approved, 30 days after delivery. We oannot buy the goods from
any of these parties on tho terras named, honco, of course, we can get
no such contract. The Edison Phono- VflSrKs, as you Know, has -no money
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ana if wo want large deliveries tnoy must'havo an advance to buy mater¬
ial and tlie money for the machines when slipped. Bettini asks one-third
with the order, and the balanco on delivery to us of the goods.
711 ‘ — ° teiTO oir th9 Pq»l£a°^- Ten -years • V/hat manufacturing com¬
pany did you ever hear of that would make a contract for an indefinite
amount for a period of ten years?
Year contract,, which you ask the surety company to guarantee, can¬
not as you will readily see, have back of it an agreement of the manu¬
facturing company: then what have we to offer to the guarantors? Only
the credit of the E-U-P-Oo. which las no credit now, and vet vou are
"amazed" at the delay in furnishing such a guarantee as that asked for. '
All i have to say is that you are more than fortunate to get it at all
ana I am not to be credited with good business judgment or prudence in
having furnished it. How did you get it? Undbr.'the pressure of your
oables and with your positive assurance that the moment it was received
you would remit §50,000 on account of machines, which would have enabled
me to go to Edison strongly fortified to secure the best possible tomo,
and the further promise that your syndicate would take up and pay far
40,000 Pas. Preference shares immediately this was done, l guaranteed to
give the Fidelity Co. a contract from the Works which would cover the
substance of the contract with the London Company, and also the indem¬
nity of the e.u.P. 0o. with my endowment of its obligation- And on this
assurance they executed the paper and ’it was cabled to London two weeks
ago,
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I then had three sessionssin Hew York and last week went to orango
and stayed until midnight , to procure from tho Works something in the
form of a contract which would answer my promise- I send you herewith
the result, which is a long way from what your contraot calls for, but
all that it is possible to obtain it present, and, X am bound to say,
all that i would have given had I been in tho plaoo of Edi3on, with the
limitations he now labors under in the way of facilities. I have paid
from my own funds, in order to keep faith with him, $11,042- 07, which
covers , according to the vouchers furnished me one half the amount paid
by the National Co. for the experiments and special tools made for the
Ho- 2 machine- This will provide, according to the agreement, for the
first 10,000 machines, witliin six months- I insisted on a proviso for
a second 10 000 in view of your assurance that the order for same would
bo forthcoming within thirty days, and he has agreed that allowing ten
weeks for building additional tools, for which we aro to pay at least
one-half, to furnish a second 10,000 in 8 l/s months:-
I fought for two hours over the No 3 . but he would not agree to tie
up his tools on a hypothetical order, as would be the case under such
a contraot, for the reason that at tho time such order was received, ho
might already have in hand all the orders he oould fill for three months
or the necessary shop tools might all be running on No- 2- or other work,
so that they oould not be taken off to manufacture a lot of 500 or 1,000
No- 3 within 30 days-
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Under his proposition 'no will carry in st ook or in process of man¬
ufacture, 1,000 Ho. 3 which can be turned out within 30 days without
prejudice to the larger business; but he does not expect the National Co.
to do a large business in this machine after the No 3 comes out, and
you will readily see that we do not wish to sell any if we can help it.
If. however, you do take any orders, get all the time for delivery you
can and take no contract for more than 1,000 until I have an opportunity
to make a special contract for thorn.
Ac to t errn3 , I insisted that we could not pay until delivery, but
agreed to pay 7C/ then. This, it is understood applies only to the first
10,000- In case of additional orders I must lot them have some money.
In fact, although I forced them to make these terms, I am bound to make
them some advance on these na.ohines and it will be policy to do so, in
order to get prompt delivery.
The situation: you cabled me that an advance payment would be made
on the machines and I counted at least on the 3,000 Pds. of April 7th.
to help out on the money I advanced for tools, which is a part of the
cost of the machines, when, Lo! there comes a lettor to the bank that this
money is to be 'placed to the credit of the London Onmpnny. and only paid
over to the E-U-P-oo. against Bills-lading for shipment made of one half
the value of same" whioh, of course, makes it no use as an "advance on
macnines" i have advices today of the deposit of 8,000 Pds. addition¬
al, which, if it is on the same terms, does me no good as against the
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I have received $0.9,360 ae a “first payment" on account of oontraot
whatever that nay mean, as the contract does not speoify any division of
payments, but declares that payment shall bo made on the delivery of
the papers under the contract, and your telegrams of the 6th- and 7th.
inst. stated the same thing.
You will readily see that those amounts will not reimburse me for
money advanced for Coates and the $13,600 paid in London and other minor
matters, with nothing to repay the money put up for tools and to apply
on the Seligman and other indebtedness which I have paid in full ■
It seems extraordinary to mo that up to this time we are without
any definite statement of the moneys received under the 70^ payment and
the use made of same, or of the amounts coming to the E-U-P-co. I trust
this will be forthcoming by next steamer-
I am also left without definite information concerning your Conti¬
nental negotiations. You state that you have ontorod into a oontraot by
•which you have sold for a large sum of money &o but not' a word of partic¬
ulars as to the transaction.
Lest there be any misunderstanding, lot mo state that I do not con¬
sider the oontraot with the London Company complete until the E-U-P.0o.
receives its money, and of ocurse, until the oontraot is oompletod tho
orders are not aooepted and tho dates of delivery under the oontraot
must be fixed as from the time when the oontraot is completed. For this
advances I have made •
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reaaon the orders have not been formally^ccoptod by the E.U.p.Co.
I have written you at this great length, not with a desire to crit-
ioice you, but mainly for two reasons. 1st. That you might understand
something of the difficulties which I have had to contend with at this
end in the attempt to carry out your oontract, and the extent to which
the E.U.p.Oo. is liable undor same, and in the hope that you may be able
to secure such modifications as soon as the business is under way, as will
relieve the company from its embarrassment, and, Slid, that you may bo on
your guard in any future contracts against assuming any similar respon¬
sibilities or agreements.
When I hear from you with farther orders, and especially should you
carry out your plans for the continental company and procure from them
largo orders, I 3hall go to Orange again and as a director of the Works
lay plans for such increase of capacity a3 will ensure thoir delivery
and shall secure everything possible in the way of prompt filling of or¬
ders •• But no definite contracts must be entered into until aftor you
have my approval and know just what can be done.
I hope to send you the complete Bottini agreement by this steamer,
but if not it will go by the next. Thi3 agreement will be absolute,
so far as Great Britain is concerned, which will comply with your contract
but it will only contain a sixty day option as to the other countries
and you oan then do as you like about accepting them within the limit-
The Gross matter is, I think, practically completed
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alty is concerned, but X have not, as yet an arrangement for their man¬
ufacture- The contract I will oend you when completed- It provides for
a royalty of Five dollars each for the first 5,000 machines, and after
that, 01-OO-
Boar in mind that in order to secure the socond 10,000 No- 3 mach¬
ines within the s 1/3 months the order must bo hero before May 15th,and
that' v;o must have an additional advance to the E-U-P-Oo. on account of
machines, in order to make such an order effective-
X have no answer yet about the plate for the Ho a Machine, which
will , i fear , delay shipment •
S-P-Morlarty Esq.
London, Eng.
Yours truly,
P-S. Tlie steamer mail of today brings mo simply copies of cable grams
but no letter from you.
I am also in receipt of your cablgram advising that remittance promis¬
ed yesterday will be made tomorrow, and have replied that same must be
without conditions otherwise it will be of no use to me as an advance
on machines.
New York, April 22nd, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:-PTtRSONAI..
A« I wrotu you by last nil I have had *ho talk with
Mr areas* ton and hie lawyer, and they have oone anted to deliver
to us the Patents ibr the Multiplex phonograph, upon the eonditlonw
named in the oontraot, a copy of which 1 tend you toy Mile wadi, tout
do not ooneider the matter closed until Inwrite you to ttat offset,
•• Mr Oro” Preferred to write hie rather the ehief points of the
agreement, and we expeot a telegraph reply from him to-morrow,
giving his consent, as the Agreement is satisfactory, both to the
son and to the lawyer, and the son has power of attorney tonsiga*
My work in oonneetlon with this contrast eonsisted in
securing the Patents, the other portion Hr Saar is s was the ehief
mower in the matter.
There my toe some minor alteratioae in thie, tont it will
proudly not vary mueh.
Z mn worry the Company la obliged to contrast to taka ae
wmy machine*, and to extend over eo long e period of time,
Mr Soariee yeaterday drew np a form of Agroamnt, whieh
oooid net have been extent ec&nder any eireumteneea, md 1 «b jested
to tw or three t hinge, one of whieh he erosssd out entirely, but t
It wee not eatiefaetory to DeOaatro, who had the matter in Mud
yeaterday, end he le me* drawing up a fame of agreement to to eub»
mlttod to Mr soarloa«
I will notify you of the iweult of thio amtter.
Your cable reply yesterday did not say anything about
taking some of Bettlnl's new prieerliste,. which are to be gotten
up very haadsomely, and any sort of wording you plaae son ba
printed on the oover, therefore as ths cover can be printed a week
henoe, X asked you to mail the wording, but it will be necessary
to give an aniwihvto Bettiiii, as to how many wb will take, but he
expects the order to be for not less than 3,000.
I explained in my previous letter that it might be
neeessary to take these three thousand at'lflO, a thousand, in order
to accomplish scmething else?, evantd-f they are thrown away, and Mr
Searlea had in his agreement a clause that we would advertise
Bettlnl's name, and I objeoted as much as I could, but Mr Searlew
still insisted that we would have to do this, but X do not see how
we ean do a thing whi eh is not in our eoi$rolrln Great Britain,
f Vo r bo rqe time I have been hammering on one point, namely,
that v we should own at least Bsttini'8 patent for Ore at Britain for
the Ddplieatof, And I sucoedded in . induel ng Mr SearleS to finally
put it in the draft of the Agreement he drew up yesterday, and
when I spoke of it previously , he said, "oh Bettinl won't do it,
and ha will make a terrible fuas, ata* I said well then wo’ 11 fight
him, but DeCastro did object yesterday beeauaa they want the whole
thing to be under an Agenoy eontraet, but if X S(w hold Mr searlea
to it, l will do eo.
Vith the Grata Agreement, will be on option to purehaae the
new weight motor, shich oan be need not only ft»r the Phonograph
but other things.
1 eneloee a copy of letter received from Sellgman A
Seligman yesterday, I expect to be able to say by next mail what
progress we will be able to make on the order for a thousand
Multiplex, Grass has 200 of these, and I think they esn be complete
in a couple of weeks or so.
Youra very truly,
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P.3. Mr Searle a insisted upon having the Gross oontraet in name
of Company, as he considers that of right it belongs to the Company
New York, April 22nd, 1898.
Mfr dear Mr. Mori arty: -FRRSONAIj.
This letter ia written some hour* after ny previous lettera,
going by this mail, and sine* seeing Mr S* tries late this afternoon
He infonned me that he had written a long letter to you,
by this steafcer, and before I left he <!tooided to read it to me.
It was read bo hastily however, that I oould not make
much comment upon it, but thought In any event it would be mush
better for you to reply youreelf.
It waa so long, that I oould not get a eopy of it, al¬
though i should like to have had one, asli spoke tb; Mr saane* again
about agreeing to advertise Bettini'a things, but we will eee what
the outeome is, and write you by next mail.
Please do not make any use whatever of the contemplated
areas contract, at it is not yet concluded, and really should net
go to you until next mail, t ha refer a kindly look upon it as not
having been sent.
Mr Scans a said that some man became interested in the
Rational Phonogfaph Company, and he is the largest owner, having
acquired hie interest from Mr «*«•»« for money advanced to Vdiaea,
and that idiaon was bound hand gad foot to hits, also that ha waa
not interested in the Phonograph Works, thsrsfcrs tha Rational
company was an independant Company, and they have under the eireun-
etanees Juet the same rltfit to demand the fulfillamt of their
ardera at the Waited Omayany.
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Mr Searlee also stated, in effect, if I remember oorreot-
ly, that he same to Edison' a reaeua and took up some of hie Bonds,
and it waa through this that he was able to oompell Edison to
Place us on the footing we now stand in relation to our orders.
Mr Searlee also informed me this afternoon that the
15,000. had not arrived, but that you had telegraphed that it
would be here to-morrow.
The orders for all the different machines whioh you have
ordered are going out to the Works by mail to-morrow, dated April
15th, 1898, to oonform to a letter of the Phonograph Works of that
date, a eopy of which Mr Searlee is sending you.
Yours very truly,
/ ■ //fa- 1
0 LIGHT FITTINQ8.
RESISTANCES.
iLEOTRIO COOK I NO
10 HEATING APPARATUS
iLEOTRO-MOTORS.
ELECTROLIERS
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G. V. Grass, Esq.,
Hew York City.
!5oar Sir:-
In response to your inquiry as to the responsibility and
ability of this Company to carry out the terms of on A.nrHsmsnt made
this day, between George Valentine Crons of Atlanta, Georgia, ond
the Edison United Phonograph Company, the said Company is perfectly
responsible and cun be relied upon to fulfill the terms of said
Agreement, and we have shown Mr Morgan V. Grass, the Prospectus of
the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited of London
to whom we have transferred our Patents and Rights for the Phono¬
graph for that territory, and wo are also perfectly responsible,
and have sufficient work inn capital for their requirements.
fours very truly,
(Signed. )
G, N, Mori son,
London, .England.
Lear Sir: -
Refeprijag to your order for 1,000 Multiplex Phonographs
we understand that we are not uhdesajtend to furnish the batteries,
as batteries are always extra : in every sale of phonographs that X
have known of, therefore if bechance this should not be the caBe,
please oommunieate the .fact to us at once.
If we do not heaei from you to the contrary, we shall ship
the regular Multiplex Phonograph, precisely the same as the one you
have as a model, except that it will be adjusted far the Engli*
penny, _
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
Jip/m Smr/tii, H-ait/enf. Sefamti ' & ?lffter£k>m t&xrcfary.
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S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Grees, a day or two ago, gave me the name of A. Duncan
71 Gloucester Place, London, W., who irante 100 Bleetrioal Phono¬
graphs for commercial machines, and he was shown by GreBB, his new
Clook-work Multiplex, but he haa not decided whioh he will take,
and has gone to Canada, therefore he will not return to London for
two or three weeks.
I think he said this man was in business in Australia,
but lives in London, therefore I expect to be able to send you a
model of the clock-motor multiplex before this man returns to Lorain r\
you will then be able to deal with hi4.
fours very truly.
Secretary.
Je/m S.Smrjhi, Hetit&nti
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LLIAM STREET,
April 86th.
My Dear sir:
Your letter of the 16th. is the only one received since my
last, and I have read some with my usual care-
1 was disappointed not to receive the particulars of the new con¬
tinental deal, but expect same by the boat duo tomorrow.
I supposed I should have heard something. from you before this, about
the 40,000 Pds. of preferences, but have nothing from you by oable this
wee&, except your message authorizing the sending of the maohines with¬
out the plate.
I am extremely anxious to get all our accounts, both the company
and our personal matters, straightened out so that they may be perfectly
clear to you and to me, but can do nothing until the receipt of the mon¬
ey for the preferences , enabling me to pay the indebtedness and so square
aooounts*
v,e haV0 finally come to a settlement with Cress, so far as royal¬
ty is concerned, but as to the maohines have not yet been able to secure
a oontraot for their manufacture, although Mr. Morison is givng the mat¬
ter his close attention.
1 hope to hear from you by oable tomorrow.
S.p.Moriarty Esq.
London, Eng.
Yours t;
Hew York, April 28th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty) -PERSONAL.
the copy of Agreement with G. V. Grass, which I sent
you by last mail, is correct, and was executed yesterday, April
25th,, though not without seme adjustment of differences of
Opinion.
Mr Searles urged that the Agreement should be so worded,
that if more machines than 1,000 .were ordered in any one year, the
royalty on the excess, should be $1.00 each, but the son would not
listen to this, and having heard from his father, by letter, he
claimed that the royalty of $5.00 per year Bhould extend over seven
years instead of five years, but I told him on the way down to Mr
Searles, that he. must try to meet Mr.SearleB hglf way, arei the
result was that in consideration of Mr Searles waiving his point,
the s on^agreed to waive his, and I had- the agreement executed at
once by Mr Searles, and took the son immediately to Mr Hughes
offioe to adjust his Power of Attorney, and the son signed it there
so that now we praotioally own. thp Patents, and we are figuring on
prices for the machines, but I am very muoh afraid that we will not
be able to make on the first hundred or two that we ship,
because we shall be obliged to take the stoqk that Mr Gress has on
hand, partially eompleted, if we are desirous of making a prompt
shipment, say lit the course of lo days or so. c sZ—
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He expect G. V. Grass on here this week, and' will deal
with him on prices, instead of the son.,
I will ejiqioee a little n?emorapflUfli qftowijtg what the son
claims the machines coat them, but we ought to get down very muoh
below this, and If we are able to fit the alot machines up with
the new Grass clock-motor machine, there will be a coneiderabla
saving in the coat, but as a matter of course, we would not think
of such a thing of shipping you any of these machines fitted^t'hs
clock motor, yithout letting you see a sample or model, and receiv¬
ing orders from you to substitute this style of machine.
On 8eoond thoughts we see that that the dock-motor
Multiple* is not nt all suitable for a slot phonograph, because it
has to be wound up, but if it ever used for commeroialnpurposes, it
would be admirable, because the clock-motor portion is precisely
the same aa the 16)«ylinder Edison machine.
In your order fori, 000 Multiplex Phonographs, I am
writing you a company letter in regard to the battery.
I wrote you by last mail, that Mr SearleB insisted that
this agreement be made in the name of the Company, and I conclude
that the prinoiple reason, was, that he did not wish to guarantee
it.
In addition to the Agreement with Grass, ws expect to /get
an option to purchase his wef(frtmotor machine.
I worked hard to get these Grass Patents whldh I feel
Will benefit the Company greatly, as they give us that much more
strength, although I do not like the big royalty, etc, but it waa
that or nothing, as ws are paying no money down.
There is nothing said in the Grass Agreement about protect
ing us from invading Phonographs, and there may be some alteration
V. Great gets here, hut .wa h«,-4
when G. V. Greea gertB here, but'we have the present agreement
anyhowmwhether anything further is agreed upon, or not.
New York, April 28th# 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty:- PKRSONAl.
Mr Searles asked na for a statement of his account,
and for your information, I end one a eopy of the papera I sent him
vhioh explain themselves. I
I am in receipt of your personal letter of April 15th,
with oopy of letter to Mr Searlee dated Apr! 16th.
Mr Searles is looking every day for a cable announcing
the eale of the Debentures and Preferences.
I note that you will send a complete statement of account
relating to the new Company, as soon as you get them from the
Auditor.
Mr Searles cent ms a copy of the letter of 7th April,
1898 addressed to the Manager of the Western National Bank, New
York, announoing the cable of £2,000, and directing them how to pay
it over.
1 am pleased that you have closed the negotiations for
the Continent of Kurope, including Frende.
I think that DeOastro is disappointed whqn he sees me in
MS Searles offiee every time he comes down, but I make it a point
to be there, if 1 know of it, anyhow I do not think that Mr.
Searles would now does witty Bwttini, without first notifying me,
anidino thing has yet been done with Bettini.
I am glad you got a complete release from the Ndlson-Bell
Company, that is the old Company, and I thinkhyou did well to get
rid of that disagreeable matter.
-a~
Ho oaa approoiatoa the diffioultioa and tryii* eiroum-
•tanoaa of thla buoinaaa battor than I do, and I am glad you ara
on the high road to buooosb.
X will lot you know how mattora stand with Bettini by
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.
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London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly write us by return mail whether you wish
the Automatic Multiplex Slot Phonographs, fitted up tfdrva Horn, or
for use with the Tabes, or for both, of course every additional
part, adds so rauoh to the expense, and we are afraid that notwith¬
standing every effort to get lowest prioes for these machines, they
will oost us more than we anticipated.
If they are fitted up with the Horn, the little nickeled
part oast in the connection, that is screwed on the topp of the
ease, would be somewhat different, if the Tubes wer* used, and if
we
^sond connections for both Tubes and Horn,we would have to supply,
not only the horn* but also this extra connection costing perhaps
lb/ or so, and the rubber tubes^’<'^J’
If you require the tubes, how many Way connections do
you went, a Single tube or more.
In regard to the Slot raefthanism, we Bent you with the
first Multiplex a hipped'*^* heri.^ne of the Tewksbury mechanisms,
but with the machine shipped you March 12nd, 1898, >, we shipped an
improved me chart! an, somewaht different from the Tewksbury model.
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but whioh has boon used by Mr- Grass, with perfect success, and has
boon adoptod by him altogether, therefore our judgement would be,
to ship this later mechanism, especially as there is some saving-
in the cost, and as far as we are able to judge, is superior tor,
the Tewksbury model.
In regard to the lettering on the card in the top of the
fo"
case, do you wish us^send these cards of instructions,^ they read as
follows
INSTRUCTIONS.
To change the tune push bar gently to the left until number
on dial corresponds with number on programs you wish to hear
then drop a nickel in the slot, but never while machine is
running.
With the last Multiplex shipped you March 2nd, we sent
you, as an improvement to the appearance of the cabinet, a handsome
glass, but out re collection is that no-, such glass, was supplied
with the first Multiplex you took over, and whioh no doubt you have
used as a model for your orders, therefore if we send this glass,
which we thinks adds to the appearance of the machine, could you
net get a little advance on the price we receive for these
machines from the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Limited.
PmiWeut. J/mMMj/t & 7/;7ftert/i0m <£mr,/ari/.
&/1/1OV ^7/imkdy, 7fa> B*Mh6 .Muon; etmcfi’r.- Mnt/rm/tMjt vff/a jZnum*
You will rioticr on the body of the Multiplex Phonograph
is a plate, whlph reada as follows; -
-MULTPPiWIPHONOGRAPH COMPANY
Atlanta, Georgia.
Patented April 12th, 1892.
Patented April 19th, 1893
-Patented September 22nd, 1896
Other 8 applied for
-Of course you will not require thia plate, but when -the
Patents are issued, wa presume you will attach the plate yourself,
when the numbers of the> Patents are obtained.
Would you llkeua to put the sorew hole s throufjh the body
so that all you will have to do will be to attaah the plate with
sObfewfe. Wb Will do this unless we hear from y6u to the contrary
The money box in the machine last sent you waa of wood,
and withpu^ a. draw, but Mr- Grass, has goten up a very nice tine box
with a good look, and; with a draw, whioh will cost in the nieghbor-
hood of 60/, shall we supply this, and if so, can you not charge
extra for this box as well as for the glass. above referred to.
We understand that the Edison Plate on the bed plate is
to be omitted, and that you will put these on yourself.
We have tried to cover all the points, in order that no
possible misters jf etgtgft jn the preyim? letter we
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will omit the battery, but all the oonneetions for it, will be
intaet.
Your 8 very truly,
^ // / Stn
Secretary.
P. S. The return device on this machine, we mean the bar and all
the little attachments that goes with it, and resting on a separate
casting in front of the straight edge, has been patented by Mr
GresB ih the United States, and according to our agreement with him
he will take out patents for this in Great Britain, Prance and
Germany at tb/s Company's expense.
We enclose in this letter the memorandum of costs
of the Multiplex, whioh we Expected to send you by last steamer,
but could not get it off.
These, prices Mr Gross has paid, but we hope to get them
down below these figures, just how far we cannot say.
■Sr.ar//’.). Pmn't/ent: Stfown S. 71/Viertiom (SaarAuw
&/,/„>„■ .?/. flimsy, 7S* B***6 90*c t*t
•Ih shipping thee* Multiplex Phonographs, wo think it
would be safer, if we a hipped the body, or rather packcAthe body
detached from the Bed-Plate, also pack the Return Device separately
of course the cabinet would be packed Separate from the machine.
We would like to know whether this would be satisfactory to you, ae
you would have to put them together when they arrived.
I wish we "could- get a little "extra sum for extra care in
m oking, „as these machines cost us so much, although as Btated w
before we are In hopes of getting the price down, and we are figur¬
ing on lots of 1,000, but we have to take into account the $5.00 on
each machine, we pay to Mr Qreas^. which is a thing you had ndt
calculated upon, and cduld not know of.
You will understand of course, these machines will be
put -together and thoroughly tested before they are taken apart and
packed.
ure are -calculating upon Obtaining from Mr Grass within
two weeks 75 of the maohinas complete, but ye haw not come to¬
gether yet on the price of them, and we expect to do ao this week,
but I will advise you not to state any definite time of delivery to
the English Company, we will do the Yery best we can in the
itter
Jffi/n S. Hvji't/eiit JTumuudt fit/fomn S. 717/UredmK Acrefary.
$(<■/>/": t* Jit 7//ormrfy, Im &»>&*/< Mn.wn, 9Mmr l&tint/tMTfaXt/es J^mv*
of hurrying them off.
In regard to the delivery, of the remainder of the order
we do not think that we can count upon more than 300 a month , unless
a duplicate set of tools were made, which would cost in the
neighborhood of #1500., or perhaps #2000. which as a matter of
course is altogether out of the question.
Ve are figuring on prices of the machines this week, and
the delay in placing the order, ie due to the fact that we did not
wish to take any steps in the matter, until we had concluded
negotiations with Mr Grass.
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s.p.Moriarty Esq..
London, England.
My Dear Sir:
I am this morning in receipt of your letter of the 19th.
As I may be out of town tomorrow, improve this opportunity to write you.
I have not yet seen the papers sent to Ur. Morison. but will exam¬
ine them carefully this evening, and if any oomment is necessary will
add to - this letter. .JjQf ),
I note all you say regarding the settlement made and have no ques¬
tion that you have used your best endeavors in this whole business.
You evidently expected when you wrote to make the remittance for
preference shares within a day or two. This X also gathered from your
previous cables. Not hearing from you X wired you yesterday, and have
your oable this morning referring me to your letter of the 32nd. which
I shall not receive until Sunday.
I sincerely hope there will be no slip in the matter of placing the
40,000 Pds« of Preference shares* I have depended absolutely upon your
assurances in this regard and on the strength of it have advanced money
to meet necessary payments, and have settled with Seligman in full.
I hope your letter of the 22nd. will also bring full details ooiv-
cerning the new Continental company. I have remarked in all your recent
Jo/m S. $;ar/<:.i. <§fMont
Stt/l/mjlz sJ /ftmarty, 7&e 7inu7r.ii/, Minor;/ Qhrcctmf
correspondence the omission of any reference to Stollwerck and have won¬
dered what your plans were concerning him.
Wo have an order for 100 No. 3- Machines for his account whioh was
entered subsequent to your order for 10,000 for the English acoount. I
presume, however . it will be wise to give him the 100 machines out of
one of the early shipments- On this point, however, would like your
cable on receipt of this. If he will make use of these a3 models for
the construction of German machines, to our detriment, possibly the or¬
der had better take its course and be filled in regular order-
in view of your instructions to forward the No- 8 Machines without
name-plates, I shall oommenoe shipment of same next week, probably send¬
ing you by the steamer of May- 4th. a shipment of S60, to be followed
by at least that number weekly hereafter until the production of the
flaotory is still further increased*
Your letter refers to another order for automatic machines- I trust
this will be delayed until we get some more definite arrangement for
their manufacture- This man Grass is the most impractical I have met.
As I wrote you on Tuesday last , we have closed our contract for the roy¬
alty basis, but despite all our efforts have not been able yet to get
him either to give us the tools or to contraot for the manufacture of
the machines; hence these will, I fear, be somewhat delayed- He has made
the excuse that he had a new clock motor which would bo so far superior
to the one sent you, that we would not want those originally ordered, the
S. 7/,.77/or/}}om $emv(mri/.
J7mwuj& SeTtimt &7lfliem0m $anvta,n/.
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new one costing considerably less and t£ei^g praotically more efficient*
But on seeing the sample I doubt its adaptability to an automatic machine
At all events, I have instructed Mr* Morrison to follow persistently the
eleotrio motor and until we can sond you a sample of the new machine, to
mahe no change in the order as it now stands, which i take it is for
1,000 machines, inasmuch as the option to reduce the order to BOO expir¬
ed on the 23rd*
By the way, ought not the original orders of the new Company addres¬
sed to the E*U*P*0o* be forwarded here and filed in this office? it
seems to me this would be the business-like way-
Bettini is not yet satisfied with the contract we propose for him,
but I have no doubt that on the arrival of yours of the 32nd* with an
order for machines, we shall be able to consummate the business in a
satisfactory manner.
In the matter of remittances made on account of machines, of oourse
the 2,000 Pds- can only be used in payment of 50$ of the invoice against
shipments made* This will leave us, as you will see by the agreement
sent you by last raailj 26$ more to advanoe here, and for this we oan util¬
ize the balance of the 5,000 Pds to advance tha amount* But I under¬
stand that the remaining 60$ on invoices will be paid within thirty days
after reoeipt of the maohines and that this 5,000 Pds* is to be a stand¬
ing advanoe against the orders, in order to keep the factory in funds*
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in other words, we are to be paid for all machines shipped independ¬
ent of the 5,000 Pds whioh is to be a deposit against the order to be
utilised for manufacture. If this is not so understood, ani clearly-
understood, will you please have a resolution passed by your people which
will leave no doubt on the subject. - '
Pending the arrival of your letter of the 22nd. inst. I have noth¬
ing to add concerning this business.
When your Continental company is organized I shall have something
else to suggest to you which I am sure will interest you*
P-S. If you have not before arrival of this made remittance for the
4Q000 Pds* Preferences I trust you will leave no stone unturned to do
so promptly.
“M LLIAM STREET,
S. F. Mori arty, Esq.,
ion don, England.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of March 16th, enclosed a memorandum of
criticisms jin rrlation to the “Standard- or Ho. 2 type Phonograph,
a copy of tfcfwe sent to the Edison Phonograph Works, April 22nd,
and we enclose herewith a copy of their reply dated April 2ZtH.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
Dear Sir:-
"EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS?
Edison United Phonograph o0., °rangS* N* J* A*ril 27th, 1898,
G. N. Mori son, Esq, , See.,
27 William St., New York.
** “• *" ""'ln °r »•*«' of April 2aij, atiaohtng
"W °f 1,tt" fr0B “» a«P»«» '• Moriarty, d.,.d la,h|
,0B,,1”r M,h of •««•<■« on U* -Standard-, or So, g.
type Phonograph.
Ao t. th. "mugging- of th. «pring, ,M. „ ,OTthlll#
““ ** °M‘tM •* » bay. found fro. „„
oxpsrl.no. in .«M1„ ,„ di«a„n, ,pi.lllg ^
phonographs manufactured here.
The tronbi, «, b. obvia.M ao«..ba, by blowing in of graphl,,
•blob t.nd. lubrlont. ,b. opring l«..lf. „ ^
ho„y.r, for * guarant,. tbatbla.bin.. .ill no,
Ib. vibration of go,, r nor 1. .on.thlng ,Mt „ „m ^
into and gr.a, .„roi..d ... ,M« ,hl. „ ^
entirely obviated.
A> to tb. .Hip bo, b.,„g ppovid., a ,prlw .Moht >s
•anno, fornix, i„.TO1, ,yp„ „„ ^ ma „
feel that this complaint will not be general.
bearding ,b. ...1. ,. b, flx.d ths ^
■ LTT'g “°r * " “ -*«««. doing.
» , and we trust that it will nn+ *, *
wr-mr1.ie * 11 not h* ?ound essential
[ENCLOSURE]
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to provide the scale in connection with this, particular type
machine. If, however it is absolutely required, an extra charge
will have to be made.
The other suggestions have been very carefully notjted by
our people, and we trust that ihe new maohines that we are about
manufacturing for your oompany will be found so superior to the
model submitted that there will be little, if any, complaint.
Yours very truly,
(Signed. ) W. B. Gilmore,
General Manager.
New York, April 29th, 1898,
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I received your cable in regard to McCheaney, and ainee
I spoke to Mr SearleB about it, he has not mentioned the matter sin
since, and I am in hopes that he will decide tb let the matter drop
if he dobs not however, I shall object, ae McOheeney eanp in yester¬
day, and in the few minute b he was here he interrupted ntf business
and wanted to know about bob* many things, that I really had to
freeze him out, but that sort of thing is not pleasant, and I da
not like doing it.
Your 8 very truly,
Now York, April 29th, 1898.
My doar Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Wo aro remitting a Chook to-day for #1,366.16 to the
Attorney Gonoral for Taxes for 1895 with interest and oostf, and unit,
chart or would bo oaneelled if the amount wao not paid before May
lot, we are running pretty olooa, but I could not get it before.
When we get some money in the Company, wo will not run
this risk.
I enclose a oopy of a letter received from Theodore
Seligman, which I showed to Mr Searlee, but we have not yet
answered it. I do not think it is likely that Mr Searles will
pay thia until some money comes in from London.
The total sun of these iterae sM, #11,334.09
Yours very truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
New York, April 2lBt, 1898,
George N. Morieon, Esq.,
Secretary, Edison United Phonograph Co,
My dear Mr Morieon: -
Will you pie dee let me know whether the Bdieon
. ■••y>gT i,vr>
United Phonograph Oo. -will now pay the nimuntn due to my firm
and to myself, and also the amounts set apqr}: fop Meseriji. Evarto,
Choate & Beaman and the London lawyers.
Yours very!:, truly.
Theodore Seligman.
Now York, April 29th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL .
1 had an interview with Bettini of an hour thle
morning, and I think I shall get the contract in some sort of
shape that we can agree to.
He prepared a contract and I pulled it all to pieoea, but
Mr Searlea ha,d handed him a fbrm of contract, as I wrote by laat
mail, and put the figures higher than they should be, so when I
claimed the lower price, they said Mr Searlee agreed to the other
however these higher figures will not be aooepted, and 1 will give
you the details of what we arrive at by next mail.
There is one thing oertain, that if we do not get the
Patente for the Duplicator now, I shall get an option to buy them,
for as low a figure da possible, running six months, and Bettini
parially agreed to this this morning.
I am doing all I can in the matter anyhow, and hope to
got something that will be advantageous.
He is improving the duplicator very touch.
Yours very tro ly.
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7/ fortify %*>;,U6 M„hon,3>Mc(v« 7$nt7,v/l,7/Lfat/v,fc:tMU„K
London, England,
Dear Sir:-
We are informed by Mr. Searlee that there will be shipped
on next Wednesday steamer 250 No. 2 Phonographs, and I believe
there will be regular^ weekly shipments thereafter, althoug&e Ahi s
is not yet positive.
In the absenee of any positive shipping instructions, we
have ordered the goods marked in your name, Edison House, but if
future shipments are desired to be forwarded direct to the Edison
Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited, kindly advise us.
The order for 100 Machines for the Deuts che Edison Phono
graphen Gesellsohaft, can be shipped at any time, but if we do so,
we would have to take them out of a weekly lot that we might
forward to the English Company.
Please do not misunderstand us in this statement.
We have orders at the Phonograph Works for 10,100 machines//,, &
and it is inmaterial to them whether they ship on the English order
•r on the German order, if we ship the German order now, it will
simply delay the filling of the order of trie English Company to th*
9Xttnt °f 100 maohlTl88» but be capful not to do anything
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which would give Mr Stollwerok an opportunity to criticise uh or
to claim that we had no,t oomplied with tha contract , therefore -we
advise the shipment of this 100 machines at once.
Mr. Stollwerok notified us that if we inibrmea him when
the shipment would be ready, money would be deposited in New York
with Speyer & Company th pay the amount of the shipment, and we
trust that the conditions of payment communicated to Speyer & Co.
will not embarass us in the collection of our bill, as has been the
case -heretofore*
The bill must be pa&d including all oharges.
Please do not c implicate the matter by directions to
Speyer to pay the suht td the western National Bank, let them pay it
to the idison United Phonograph Company^ .and we will collect it as
heretofore, and deposit the Qheck.
•We -notice that jour letter of January 22nd, 1898, gives
the price as $15. f.o.b. New York, but the german order itself,
reads "$15. or less f.o.b.", we understand however that we are to
oharge $15. as this is a small order.
Youra very truly,
j! y i y-1
Now York, May 3rd, 1898.
My daar Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
X am duly in receipt of your favor of April 22nd, with
copy of latter to Mr Searles of same date, and I am acknowledging
in a separate letter your favor of April 23rd, ordering Bettini
Attachnnnts, etc,
I note that you do nbt bard for the febitihi pHeb-lists,
but I think we will be obliged to t*ke them in order to bring about
an Agreement, but as we are to have a fleeting late this afternoon
with Bettini, I will postpone any comments upon this natter until
I oan give you the final results; and ae I have discussed the
matter thoroughly with Bettini, we have nearly every point settled,
so that when he sees Mr Searles this afternoon, the matter can be
finally agreed upon.
I have ordered from Bettini Two electrotypes of eaeh of
the different euts in his new price-list, except the individuals,
as I suppose you would not oare for electros of 'the Artiste.
The price-lists are to be ^rintid without Any prices, ex-
oept in the case of Record*, yhioh Bettini was net willing to
leave out, although I will have to see him again abouttthia, ae you
cannot use a prioe-list with American Dollars for prices.
I notice in your statement of the Gash Account relating
to the $120,000. from the Bngliah Company, a number of items whioh
have been out down very materially from the original idea, but I do
not see how we are tonreceive any portion of the ordinary Shares
kt taking into consideration that wexali sell £40,000. of Preference
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and Babe nturea.
Have you any objections to making this clear to me,
although I realize t hath you may have some understanding in regard
to the payment of the two or three f irbt iiems of the Account ^
% o'clock, p:m; Since writing afccwd, I haVe juWt deceived a meeea^-
frorfi Mr Se arise. to the effect that he Mas to go out of town, and
capnot see Betjini ymtil his return, therefore I was obliged to
notify Se;t tin! much to my regret, as I had everything practically
agreed upqn, and, the matter •could havfc been cloaed this afternoon,.^/-
1 -do .not think this war pill do us any material harm,
although 1b has increased freight fates a little-, and* da capital
is always, influenced by Uny diStutfiatoee , it will hurt business
moro or less, but 1 hope that your negotiations are too far ad¬
vanced W>r that.
YOurs yety truly.
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London, "England.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your favor of April 23rd, enclosing a State¬
ment of the distribution of £120,000. paid over by the Bdison-Bell
Consolidated Phonograph Co., Limited, this statement was shown to
Mr Searles, and at hiB request I telegraphed you last evening as
follows
•STATEMENT NOT COMPREHENSIVE. PLEASE EXPLAIN ITBMS MORE PULLY.
We figure that the £50,000. of Working Capital, the£40,00
of Debentures and Preferences, for which you will receive the Cash,
from an independent source, and the £120,000, named in this state¬
ment, will nett £210,000. which is the total sum of the Capital and
Dehehtures.
So far this is perfectly clear, but can you not give us
an explanation as to the refunding of the £1,000. from Mr. Coates,
the £2,500. of subscription by Mr Searles.
The item of £23,680, we cannot figure, and we presume
further detail will be furnished for the £16,000.
. Is Mr Searles to reoelve to reoeive a commission for his
underwriting or subscription.
Sti/t/wt, £7?/<ma*fy, %» IUi/r.,,6 Mitery Itfnt/wfiMfatL J?r„
I have not mentioned this matter to Mi* Searles, but I
would like to be prepare £ in case he refers to it.
Are iha underwriters to receive ShareB for their
commieeion in accordance with the Underwriting circulars, in addi¬
tion to the£5,635, and £2, 625. paid them in accordance with the
Statement.
We note that the legal expenses of Riddell, Vaizey *
Smith are subject to reduction.
The - statement rendered doeB not show a balance of £81.
but calls for a balance of £1,487.12.2 .
Yours^very truly,
M o'
Secretary.
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May 3rd. 1808
S-E-Moriarty Esq.
London, Eng.
My Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your letter of the 22nd, which is in many
respects very disappointing, especially in the suggestion of uncertainty
pertaining to the 40,000 Pds. Debentures and in the statement of account
which you have forwarded and which is entirely inexplicable and unsat¬
isfactory.
in reference to the latter Mr. Morison ha3 already cabled you, ash¬
ing for a detailed statement whioh I trust will be forthcoming by the
next steamer.
Your order for 100 No. 5 machines with Bettini attachment is also
non-undorstandable, inasmuch as the No. 6 maohine is the Gross automatic.
I presume you refer to the No. 6; but, on the other hand, that has no
cloch motor attachment, so, concerning this order, vre must also wait fur¬
ther advices.
Concerning the shipment of machines being affected by the war, you
need have no apprehension. It is true that the demands of the Government
for brass for ordinance purposes, has made it difficult for the works
to get some parts which they need, but there goes forward by this week's
steamer 260 of the No. 2, and they will follow rapidly from this time on
Meitr/tvit S. 7l7?6rm#nt SmiSon,.
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Mr. Morison will write you respecting freight matters and the statue
of the Bettini negotiation, which is purposely incomplete in the hope
of getting same better terms- We shall, however, put in hand immediate¬
ly the order for 250 Bettini attachments. You do not state the price
at which you have sold these, so we cannot Know whether there is a profit
in them at the 35$ discount which we get under our contract with Bettini.
The statement you 3end does not state, as you olaim it does, what
you have received and what you have sent etc. According to the early part
of your letter there remains 30$ to be paid in on the stock, and this is
given as a reason why you are unable to make remittance for preference
shares and debentures- But your statement shows payment of the full
00,000 Pds to the Edison Bell corporation besides an unexplained item
of 23,000 Pds. and 16,000 Pds. reserved for contingencies, all of which
is so indefinite and unsatisfactory as to mate the statement worthless
until it is explained and elaborated in detail.
X am disappointed, too, to find that there is a hitoh in the con¬
tinental business- But there is nothing to do, however, but to wait for
further reports.
X do not know the souroe of your "independent information from the
works". What I do know is that the contracts between Mr. Edison and
myself are not known to your independent informant. They are entirely
between the officials of the Company and myself, and I have satisfactory
ThuitAutt 37tVtlU0J$ 77, 77;77/jmd&n/, Sfrmta,py.
M7//mar/)/,7ii«&m"U/< M-niory SHmOenT 777nt/i,v/i 77L'M//r. J^mumK
imagine that in these negotiations Mr. Edison has had matters all his
own way you are quite mistaken.
I still hope that during the week you will cable the prooeeds of
the 40,000 Pds. enabling me to do something toward settling up accounts
as i am more than anxious concerning these matters, whioh are left in a
very unsatisfactory shape. Relying upon your positive assuranoe that
these shares were sold and would be paid for, some days since, I have
counted upon your remittance.
Do not forget that unless we avail of the option to order the Becond
10,000 No. 2v. machines within 30 days, i-e. before May 16th. it may be
some time before we can get such an order booked, other orders interven¬
ing meanwhile.
Awaiting your further favors I remain
New York, May 5th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
When I showed Mr Searlee your letter of April 23rd
with eopy of order attached, he remarked that you should send on t*
the original order, and I have written you by this mail, a formal
letter to that effect.
May 8th, I am about placing an order with the Multiplex Phono¬
graph Company to manufacture certain parts of the Multiplex Phono¬
graph, and to furnish to ue the Qabinete, in fact everything com¬
plete, except the Motor, Governor, ete, which latter the Works
manufacture for ue, but in order that you may understand exactly,
1 enclose oopy of our Order to the Multiplex Phonograph Company,
also oopy of Mr Searles guarantee, which I only succeeded in getting
this afternoon after days of delay and at the last moment, it
took my utmost persuasion to indues Mr Searles to sigh it.
If it had not been signed, Mr Gross' son, a bright young
man from the South, was ready to give up the order and not under¬
take it at all, as I saw a letter from his Father, who has been
urging him not to undertake the manufacture, as jfe would be oertain
to lose money, and his letter wsb bo strong that the son was oould
searoely be lndueed to consent to aeeept the order; even now, as I
am writing thiB letter, I feel afraid that he may back out to-morro1^
naming, when I will hand him the papers.
This matter has greatly exereised Mr Searles, and he
hesitated a long tins, and used every argument possible against
•igning the paper, but I have it now, and I hope there will be no
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hit oh to-morrow morning.
There waa another very trouble Borne matter today-.
I had made an appointment with Mr Sear lee, to meet Battini at 11
o'clock, and had agreed upon nearly every point of the Agreement,
and had also obtained Mr SearleB oonaent to them, except thr chief
poirit, namely the price for the Patents, and how to be made.
Bettini demanded $2,500. for the ARonOy fpr l^ie Mioro-
phonographa, etc, and other things, also $2,500. for his Duplicator
Patents, but Mr Searles would not pay more than $2,500, and wbuid
not pay that oash, nor until the Patente were isaued, therefore as
Bettini did not come to-day, but sent DeCastro, and UeCaatro waa
not able to agree to Mr SearleB terms, it was necessary to re-new
negotiations on my part with Bettini, although Bettini had previous
ly understood from me, that we would not pay the Aapsaam* of $2500.
each, still he expected to get something over the $2,500.
. I have been gradually working this thing up to a final
Settlement, for some time, and this afternoon I finally agriid with
Bettini at office, that we fpuld pqy $2,500. oasjb fo* hifl
Duplicator patent for Great Britain, and for his agenoy for his
micro-phonographs for that territory, with an option of 60 dayB for
other oountriea.
Before I went up to see Bettini this afternoon, I told
Mr Searles that it would bo impossible to induoe Bettini to aeoept
the $2,500. payable when the Patents were issued, for I knew hie
temper in the matter, but Mr Searles wanted ms to see him, and
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oharged me not to lose the patents, therefore I agreed with Betting
upon the terms and told him the matter should go through, but
riotwithstanding that I told Mr Searles that I would go up and do
agree Xo
the beet I could in the matter, when X wanted him toApay the $2,500
dtp*e this afternoon, upon my return, he absolutely refused to do so
until you had send on some moreymoney, therefore I cabled you to
that effeot, and hope you will be able to send on at least that sum
as Bettini will not enter into negotiations again with us if we do
not close the matter nowi and I feel very much annoyed and worried
over the matter, ct-o jLt*/-**,
■ f&n aifTt^etaH#^
Yours very truly,
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S. P, Moriarty, Bsq.,
London, Bngland.
Dear Sir:-
Ref erring to your cable of May 5th, we have received a
quotation from Bettini of $375.00 each for five Duplicator, if
the order ia given within a week.
This price however must not be a precedent for future
orders, as he holds to hia figure of $400. each in lota up to 12,
but the above quotation ia a special conce.Bdeh¥nand^fell charge ua
$400. in future.
Your a very truly,
Secretary.
Mr. S.F. Mori arty,
London, Ung.-
Deal’ Sir:
Since my last I am in receipt of your letter of the 26th.
ult. as also your cable of the 4th. inst.
As I have previously written you the £5,000 advanced on mach¬
ines is totally inadequate to meet the demands upon us here and
to secure prompt shipment.
Nothing short of the payment of the £40,000 preferences will
put this company in a .solvent condition and I hope you will take
no more orders until the money is forthcoming as I am unable to
place these orders at all without my personal guarantee and I am
unwilling to do more m this line until I have the money in hand.
As I cabled you, failure to get the money for the preferences will
seriously embarrass cur common interest. Until I hear from you
witn a remittance I shall not be at ease concerning this business
"At some future date" is a very indefinite and unsatisfactory an¬
swer m view of your positive assurances previously made and upon
which I have acted*
Transatlantic
Cablegram
OFFICES ;
LONDON: 23, Royal Exohango, E.0„ 10, Mark Led
E.O., 1, Northumberland Avooue, W.O., II, Dul
Street, S.E., and Eaat India Avenuo, E.G.
LIVERPOOL: F 3, Exohange Buildings.
MANOEESTBR : 18, Moult Street, Gross Street.
NEWOASTLE-ON-TINE: 29, Sandhill.
BRADFORD: 8, Forstor Square,
GLASGOW : 07, St Vinoent Streot, and 40, Hopo E
DUNDEE: 37, Albort Square.
the following CABLEGRAM rcce/vcd*, “Via Commercial Cables,” at _ (.tL _
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8. P. Moriarty, Esq.,
loud on, England.
Dear Sir:**
ACKNOWLEDGE!® NT OF CABLE.
We beg to. acknowledge receipt j?f the. following cable.
UNIPHONE, N. If.
LINKED DATE WHEN SHATTERED SHIPPED BRIXILEO SIMPLETON SLABBERER
ALSO CENTURIES SHEPHERD REUNITED.
MORIARTY*
Which we translate as follows
TELEGRAPH AS QUICKLY AS .POSSIBLE DATE WHEN TYPE NO. 2 PHONOGRAPHS
SHIPPED IN EVENT OP N0N4-SHIPMENT IT IS IMPERATIVELY NEC', ESS ARY
MACHINES MUST BE SHIPPED THIS WEEK. ALSO 250 MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH
COMPLETE WITH CABINET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Yours very truly.
r B t h .
/$£L _
Secretary.
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Dear Sir#-
We e nolo ep cop.y of our Order to the Multiplex Phonograph
Company, for the parts of the machine which they will manufacture
for ue.
The Motor, Governor, Bed-plate, Twin-nuts, and Speakers,
will be furnished by the Edison Phonograph Works, at a total oost
of about #18.00, the other portion will oost about #45.00, and
royalty is #5.00, making a total of #68.00, and there might be
sometaiittle -thing extra, therefore there is no margin of profit to
the Company on this order for 1,000 Multi plexs, at the price you
have sold, namely #70.00.
These figures, you will of course understand, do not
inolude the battery, as the battery is never included, unless
particularly specified.
The reason we have given the order to the Multiplex
Phonograph Company, is, beoause the maohine as it stands* at8pl*f lint
understood by the Multiplex people, and they will take an interest
is turning them out, as perfedt as possible.
They do not make any money o» the order, and they will
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have a good mechanic to supervise the work, and to test them when
completed,; he is familiar with the machine, and Mr Gress will also
give it his personal attention.
Mr. Gilmore said he did not wish to make them, although
we could have prevailed upon him to do ao, but- in that case, it
would have been necessary to obtain the tools from Mr Gress, and
they would probably have cost us something, in addition to which,
Mr Gilmore expressed the opinion that the toold were not perfect,
but Mr Gress' son, a bright young fellow, whom you have never met,
informed me that they were fine tools, and I think he spoke the
truth, anyhow it seemed to be best to let them make the machines.
Mr Searles has guaranteed the order to Mr Grese to the
extent of $45,000. for the t,punsand machines.
I do not think that there can be any deliveries under
four weeks, and possibly five, but we will push the order forward
as- rapidly as possible.
I hope you will not exact from us the printing of the
little card in the top of the case, as we have not taken this into
account, and we hope that you will be able to charge the English
Company, something for the mirror, metal-money-box, etc.^...^^.
[ENCLOSURE]
Jff'/iJi S. Smr/ti), ttaM&ut. J7tomaaj& & /RffiSmbm tfenwAwyt
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1 1 LLI AM STREET,
The Multiplex Phonograph Company,
1358 Broadway, New York City,
May 6th. 1898. //,?$
0
Enc 108 admpl 9ase find Order No. 413, for One thousand
(1,000) Multiplex Phonographs, consisting only of the following
parts.
The Multiplex Attachment complete, including Top or Body,
feed-screw and mandrel. Back-rod with Arm com¬
plete, Brass Horn and Indicator, as per sample
shipped to London. All filly tested and
assembled^ with Bed-plate, Governor, etd of the
Edison "M^Thono graph. Which latter Bed-piste
Motor and Governor complete, with feed-screw is
to be furnished by us free, and delivered to
said Multiplex Phonograph 00., for assembling.
One thousand (1,000) Return Deviee and Coin slot attachments,
with metal money-box, battery wires, complete, assembled to above
Multiplex Phonograph, and placed in Cabinet and fully tested.
The Nickel-in^-the-slot Attachment to be adjusted for the use of the
English Penny oo in.
Delivered, F.O.B. your factory in Brooklyn.
One thousand (1,000) Cabinete, with glass top and mirror,
oomplete as per model.
The total oost of the above goods, shall not exoesd the sum of
$45.25 for each machine, Cabinet and Attachments, complete.
Said parts shall be assembled by you, and at your expense,
with the motor, Governor and Twin-nuta, whioh we agree to furnish
at -our expense, and you are to deliver to us the complete Multiplex
Phonographs, thoroughly tested, and in perfect working condition.
[ENCLOSURE]
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In payment for said One thousand (1,000) Multiplex Phonographs
we agree to pay to, you the sum of Five thousand (#5,000.) dollars
cash, and further payments of #4,500. upon delivery to us of each
One hundred Multiplex Phonographs, until the sum of Forty thousand
twohundred and fifty (#40,250.) dollars is paid in addition to the
said sum of #5,000. paid cash, as heretofore stated.
We agree to pay in addition to the above a further sun
of Fifty (50/) cents for packing and boxing the' "Cabinet^ in large
strong dosed boxes, two Cabinets in each box.
Yours very truly,
C SBa. ) G. N. MorisOn,
Secretary.
New York, May 6th1, 1898*
Multiplex Phonograph Company*.
1358 Broadway, New York City*.
Dear Sir's S*
Referring to Order No* 413 for Multiplex Phonographs, and
the letter of the Edison United Phonograph Company of May 6th, 1898
handed you this day, by them*
I hereby guarantee to you the payment by them of such
order* not exceeding the sum of $45,000, upon the terms therein
contained.
Yours very truly,
(Signed,) Jno. E» Searlea,
New York, May 6th, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Company.
27 William St., New York City.
Dear Sire;*
We are in reoeipt of your Order No. 413, for One thousand
(1,000) Multiplex Phonographs, which we acoept, and we hereby agree
to deliver the machines to you in accordance with the terms Of
the order.
We agree to puah the work forward, and to make deliveries
•e speedily as possible.
Yours very truly,
, Multiplex Phonograph Co.
(Signed.) M. V. Gross.
S, P. lioriarty Esq. ■ ■
London, Eng.
My Dear Sir:
At the tine I secured through Mr. Platt the guarantee
of the Fidelity Company I made the statement to him that you had
sold £40,000 of Preferences and that within 30 days the money would
be in hand and we should be able to make a syayement of the finan¬
cial condition of the Edison,; United Phono. Co. which would chow
ic to be out of debt and with a balance in its treasury. In other
words, a solvent corporation.
ihe Fidelity Co. has applied to me for such a statement and
insists, upon its being furnished,, which, of course, under the cir¬
cumstances, I am unable to do; and as I indicated in my cablegram
this will, I fear, be seriously detrimental to our interests, as
unless the status of the Company is shown to be as' represented they
may cancel their guarantee, which would, of course, be fatal to
your London business.
In order to pacify them I shall cable today to Mr. James M«-
G-ifford, of Now York, who is now in London attending to some legal
business for me, to see you immediately and prepare a report upon
aTftimatfy, fc«
'P/f/pMori/ Stivnc
S. 7&7?lmiem $e.civia,ri/.
Mat/' Ifor/rS
the organisation of the London- -Compaifj^ind the interest of the
E,U,P.Co. in same, in the hope that this Tail tide the matter over
for a few days until you make the promised remittance.
I hare stated that there are £40,000 due to the N.Y.Co. which
"“I be reali2ed in oash’ ,but this is not satisfactory inasmuch as
the value that we put upon the shares is not accepted by the Fidel¬
ity Co.
I doubt not you vill have given Mr. Gifford, before receipt
of this, every possible facility for malting the investigation and
report*. If not do not fail to do so immediately on rooeipt of this
Your-n truly,
Dear Mr Moriarty,
re Stollwerck.
I Dave gone Into this correspondence •with, the Agreements
with Mr Stollwerck and the German Phonograph Company. I have
prepared a case for the opinion of Counsel and shall be sending
the papers to Berlin tomorrow.
Xours faithfully.
S.P. Moriarty Esq.,
Edison House,
Northumberland Avenue.
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MORI SON
New York, May 10th, 1898.
Uy dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Ihe Bettini Agreements are in the hands of Mr
Hughes, and the Company's interest will be earefully looked after,
but I was surprised to-day, when in referring to the Duplicator
Patents by telephone, I was informed that Bettini had not yet
applied for them abroad, he however said that he would do so at
once, and make the application for a better maohine, containing
some late improvements.
Mr Searles bb you have been notified deolined to pay the
$2, bOO. for the Patents although we haye been negotiating with
Bettini for some time, and this sum is the final outcome of my
earnest efforts for the Agency for all hiB things, and fbr the
Duplicator Patents when granted .
I will make some provision, in case the Patent should not
be granted.
I do not let Mr Bettini know that Mr Searles at the last
moment deolined to pay the money, and was foreed to telegraph you
to remit the sum, but I hope to have everything dosed in a 4ay or
two, if I receive the money, and havennn appointment with Bettini
to-morrow morning to discuss the Patent question as a result of
the tilephons notification referred to.
The little statement received showing the different sums
paid to Mr Coates, was handed to Mr Searles to-day, or rather
yesterday, and he was very muoh surprised at the amount of money
paid Mr Coates, also that the £1, 000. advanced him on hie stock,
did not seem likely to be returked.
He referred to the £2,500/ advanced by him on subscrip¬
tion account, and wanted to know how he was to get this b aek.
I hqpe yoU will give us all the details in regard to
your statement, and in regard to Mr Searles subscription.
He criticised a number of the items of expense, and re¬
marked that you should send on the Vouohers.
The three first items in the statement are the ones which
require explanation to enable us to comprehend these disbursements
We note a payment r £350. to Mr Coates in addition to
the £2,600..
Mr Searles refers to the £40,000. of Debentures frequent¬
ly and I hope you will be able to realize upon these before long*
but I know you will advise us JUst as soon as you receive the money
I will take the precaution in regard to the Bettini
Patents to have the. application ikade through our Attorneys, if
possible.
Yours very truly;?
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s.F.Uoriarty Esq,
London, Eng,
Lear Sir:
I have none of your mail favors since my last and no cables
osoopt ono received last evening in ro German machines, none of which have
been shipped and none will be until wo hear from you on the subject*
You must sec to it that we are not in default in filling the order
under our contract this giving Stollwerok a claim against us, which would
damage our contract,
I hope that when the shares are listed on the 12th, you will be able
to dispose of the £40,000 preferences promptly.
Yours truly.
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Now York, May 12th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Yesterday I went out of town with 0. V. Areas and hia son
to see his new model weight motor Phonograph, which haa been great¬
ly improved and seems to run perfectly.
He says he is now satisfied with it, and will order about
225 of them made at once.
1 have spoken for several samples, and he issdisppseddto
aid us in every way, and will give us an option upon this machine.
It will look something like the sealee whieh you often
step upon to get weighed, but the platform will be a little higher.
There has been nothing gotten out like these, and it seems
to me that if they will wbrk properly that they will take in a
great deal of money,' they have the Multiplex machine inside, and
the ease is tall , and he may get it down to about a foot square,
because the Multiplex machine inside iB dot as large as the model
you have.
It will take probably about 60 days to complete any of
these machines, and he will send some of them to Omaha, and some
of them South.
Orees is also taking steps to build some of his small
Multiplex Phonographs, which he proposes to exploit in this Country
for business purposes.
It is a c look-motor machine and sets in a box , and con*
siderably smaller than the size Multiplex you have, and I have
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spokon for a few samples of these.
1 do not know how soon he will be able to complete any
of them, as I believe it will be neoessary to make two or three
new tools.
Mr Grass ideas of the business have greatly increased,
and we are very luekly to have obtained the Agreement befbre hie
ideas before his ideas advanced so mueh, and please note that the
copy of Agreement X sent you was signed by hie Son as his Attorney,
but I have taken the precaution to have Mr Gross senior sign hia
name above his son's signature, this was done yesterday.
These people do a tremendously big business in lumber,
and they make big contracts of 150,000, at a time, or morp.
Yesterday Mr Grass wanted to open an aocount for his son
Morgan Grass , I think he said^the Sixth National, and when they
asked for reference, ha showed them a bill of exchange which he
had been earrying in hiB pocket for weeks ^oi* $10,000. and I think
he told them his balance in the ^msterdam Bank was $16,000.
His ideas about the Multiplex business are now so big
that he intends to furnish capital enough to expipit the business
in the United States.
Yours very truly,
New York, May 12th, 1898,
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Searlea informed me a day or two ago that he had
promised the Fidelity and Deposit Company who guaranteed the English
oontraet that he would give them a statement on May 1st. i think
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he said showing the ^Company out of debt, and he remarked, that if
he did not do bo, he would not be surprised if they would withdraw
their guarantee.
I heard recently that John Dougherty ira& out of Cramps.
I have just received from Mr Hughes a rough draft of the
Bettini contraot with sane corrections that I have suggested in
lead pencil, and which X must submit to Bettini, so that it is
impossible to get it off to you by this mail, but will however try
to do so by next steamer, althougi it is not likely that it will be
executed until Mr Searles is better.
MroSearles telephoned to Mr Oakley to-day, that Mr
SearleB has a fever and has two nurses in attendance, and that he
asemd tb be nervously used up.
He cannot see any one, and the Doctors insist upon his
having perfect quiet.
Shey will not let him sign any papers, and Mr Oskley had
to recall his matters.
We are not’ inconvenienced much yet, and I presume the
Phonograph Works wbqld not insist upon the payment of their three
quarters of their invoices upon the day, while Mr nSearleB is ill,
80 that 1° wy about from the
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Woi-ks at least for a week or ton dayB, and he may be decidedly
better by th*t time.
The order for the Multiplex Phonographs will not require
until/ the first deliveries are made in three or four weeks, as we
have paid the Multiplex people the #5,000, cash, to start with.
The new Orders?, such as the 350 No. 4 Phonographs fitted
with Bettini (Attachments I have done nothing with yet, as the
Bqttini contract is not yet signed, and I do not khow where the
money is coming from to pay for it, as nearly the whole bill for
every shipment will have to be paid f.o.h. New York, but do/ not
become uneasy over this, as I may arrahge the matter extending the
time of payment, and again Mr Searles may improve sufficiently in
a few days to talk a little business.
. If he does not howevdr, and his illness should last any
length of time, you should arrange the money so that I $an draw it
frbni the WAfc'tfern National Bank dp6h preasntaiidri Of Bills of
tading, without making it necessary for me to have Mr Carles
approval of jthe dp.pyments.
In fact in everything that ip done, if Mr Searles is not
better upon arrival of thts letter, you should enable me to «ar*y
on the business, as Mr Searles consults me much more freely and tumye
over to me the freight matter, ( and I have-*had the 'gettini an$
Sress matter in my hands, subject to his final approval,;* a a I have
written you*.
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Mr Searles has had entirely too much business upon him,
and if he had relinquished a good deal of his business to other
people, he would not have broken down, but I am in hopes that it
will not ba serious, you know how difficult it is to see him two
thirds of the time.
Yours very truly,
Jo
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My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
1 am sending you by this mail the Sunday Herald of
May 15th, which will give you the latest news.
I sincerely hope this war will soon come to an end, al¬
though as far as our shipments are concerned, it has ndt hurt us
much, but it is the one topic of conversation, and interest every¬
where.
It does seem redioulous that civilized people should not
be able to settle all differences by means of arbitration and
diplomacy, when a yi ar is such a grave matter for any country, and
often leads to such yarious /serious complications.
Mr Searies''was taken sick on Wednesday, May 11th, and I
have kept business fr6m btyn sindd then?
May 17th. Mr Bearish la reported to be a good deal better this
morning, but he ip nbt .able -1; r> attj&nd to any business , except in
a very superficial way, he however sent for McChesney, as he wanted
to see him about something!
I think that McChesney is baaoming his confidential man,
but in regard to: ;our Company, I do not pertrtiir him to know anything
and keep him at a distance* if I did anything else, he would come
in here, and own the plaee,
I do not know how much Mr Searles may tell him in regard
to this Company’s affairs, but I think your letters of oaution have
had their influence in keeping MoOhesney from taking any active
part in this (Jonfpeijy,,
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part in thi8 Company, aria I .do not think he goeB but to
the Works now, at least I have riot heard of it.
Referring fro your letter of fey 7th, we note that you
state that Hough was to get Wftplea bf thri No. 2 Machines at a
lower pride thpn. vfpa qubt$<| *o for aSeaVieii.
;J>ie eeews ppa.t ^.xt^o/dii^ry, and I will have a talk
wither Rearles -pb out it, jsojop £}R fry i^ well enohgh, also will
talk to him about tj\e Qbi-pagp talking Machine Company and Prescott
I note that Mrs Vjjlaptine- has written to Mrs Moriarty
that she has not reoeiVeii kny advises from the Chatham National Bank
regarding the Chebk fbr $300. I- deposited there.
I am -not eurfcttieea at ihitfy as. the Check was deposited
to the credit of vM^ ’-Vaientirif'iri the. same* manner as any person
would deposit his money, it t<f Say a regular deposit slip was
made out and ~the chgek ;y|th the deposit; slip handed to the Receive
ing Clerk, but I nbtifie4 Mrip V^lkriUne- that the deposit had been
and enclose you copy, qf my letter..
If she will send her Bank book to the Bank they will
enter it up, but I will see them to-day and request them to kindly
notify Mrs Valentine, pad if apy more deposits are made, I will see
that she is notified by the Bank.
I sincerely hope that Mr Searlee will endeavor to do
something that will be op- lasting good to the Company in regard to
the natters mentioned in your long letter to Mr Searlee of May 6th
It certainly in discouraging when we have an enormous
busihess within our grasp to be confronted with such things as yon
mention, and the business is worth extraordinary efforts on the
part of Mr Searles to endeavor to protect our rights.
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S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir!~
(Qr/p^/my^
27 W I LLI AM STREET,
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We enclose a copy or the Agreements, which we think will
be passed on Monday with Gianni Bettini.
It is all we could get, but when a Check is presented,
we intend to make one more stand for the option of 60 days to in¬
clude Duplicators for the Countries outside of Great Britain and
Colonies.
Kindly note several points, namely,
The the Agreement can be terminated in six months, if desired
by the Company.
The the money paid is to be refunded, if the Patents are not
assigned to us.
That we do not agree absolutely to advertise to any great
extent.
That the last clause is for the purpose of protecting us to
some extent.
That the Colonies have been included with Great Britain.
The Agreements were drawn up by Mr Hughes, under the
direetion of the writer, and they are now in Mr Searles hands for
approval.
New York, May 20th, 1893.
My dear Mr Mori arty : -PERSONAL .
I went over to see Mr Searles this morning, as advit
he was in bed, and looked quite pale and sick, but I cannot help
feeling that ho will.be out in a few days, or a week at the most,
if he lets business alone.
I do not think there is anything particularly the matter
with him, except a general break down, and he said to me that it
was due to the worry over this business, etcl'i bad
He had promised theFidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland, that he would give them on May 1st, a statement of the
Company’s affairs, and was in hopeB of being able to show them a
"Clear up", of the Company's indebtedness, and it worries him that
he stands in the light of not keeping his word, and he remarks
something to the effect that he is not accustomed to that.
I showed him your cable of May 20th, and he thinks the
Company will never get the money.
This is the frame of mind he is in, and henyrorries about
these things, as well as paying additional money on orders.
Will you kindly note Iha^ I am writing you a (Formal
letter in regard to drawing drafts at 40 days sight at the request
of Mr Searles this morning.
We have not yet placed your order for 350 clookmotor
Phonographs Type 4 with Bettini Attachment, less the certain parts
which are not required, neither have we placed your ordAr for 5
Duplicators.
You will kindly note that we will have to pay $4,500 as
soon , or rather when each delivery of Multiplex Phonographs of 100
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say two or three weeks, therefore if the order for Machines with
Bettini Attachment is delivered, or even a part of it withes’ short
time, it will be quite a draft upon a deposit at the Western, with
the withdrawals for the weekly shipments from the Works, 1 suppose
however you are keeping all this ip hand.
We will nod oubt order the Bettini goods this week, or
a part of them.
Your letters of May 10th are just to hand, and we will
reply to them to-morrow, possibly, or if we are not able by next
mai 1 .
Your 8 very truly,
2' ? J /
P.S. Referring to my letter of May 20th in regard to Drafts of
40 days Sight, Mr Searlep aayf that if ariy differences arise they
can be left fpr settlement afterwards.
New York, May 20th., 1898.
My dear Mr ‘Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Searles called ray attention to ybur letters in which
you refer to McChesney, and stated that McChesney knows nothing
about the business, therefore unless something turns up'please let
that matter rest-* I think he hail been called off.
1 regret that we could n$>t gat Pranea 4,n*B@ttini optipn,
an inaistanoe upon that Country would have caused a great fight and
probably would have upset the Agreement.
Wp can fight fpr it later, after the present agreements
are Bigned.
WILL YOU KINDLY AVOID BISCJJSSINQ THESE AGREEMENTS UNTIL
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY SIGNED.
THe Applications will be made for patents for the Duplie
cators, that is the lmprpved t ype^'anS'’will^k^i independent of
Edison's Duplicator' in Gre&t Britain. '
1 do not think it Win# to ifaeiition the subject of Dupli¬
cators Edison nt present, he hae one, and I have seen it, jnd
we will try and get it when tht time cornea, I will give you the
numbers of the Grass Patents as soon as I can get them.
Yours very truliy.
ftan6>»t 37wimhi$ <S///A/»r. & M/ftmaem $rcnt«#y.
$(r/i/w- </. 7/fort'arfy, 7£t> %fmti&n6 .Mtion/ SHrato* t$nt/nv/iJ/A<7a/(/ci fer-mrr-
london, England.
Dear Sir:*
I do not think it will be long before we get the Patents
for the Multiplex Phonograph, and I will endeavor to send you the
numbers at the very earliest moment possible.
It will probably be some little time before Greaa has his
little Multiplex Machine ready, but I think it will be a great
addition to our variety .nf machines^. and I cautioned him about
making application for fpr^ignt Parents for any improvement.
We enclose you copy of letter, just this moment reoeived
from the National Phonograph Company in regard to the Edison trade
mark, which is on the No. 2 machine, but as soon as Mr Searles is
well enough, I will see what we oan do about thie.
Yours very truly,
''^ 7 6 /' / (
Secretary.
P.S. This "trade Mark" business is rddicalous, if anyone has ths?
right to Edison1 8 name, we certainly have, and I will try and mve
a letter written by Mr Searles early next week
[ENCLOSURE]
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.,
Edison Laboratory.
Orange, N.J.
May 20th/l898j
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Morisoij, Epq., Sea. ,
27 -William St., Nevr York.
Dear Sir:-
We have your favor of the 18th, Asking * to fdrVard you
two electrotypes of the trade mark "Thopae f. Edi^a*. I brought
this matter to Mr Edison's attention, and he abaoUtely declines- to
permit the use of his W. He very reluctantly permitted us to
use his name, with the distiHdt understehdin£ thatjitd use was not
to be assigned to anyone els*, even our agent a. We regret there¬
fore, that in view of the above we arerunpble to send you the
electrotypes asked for.
Yours very truly,
». B. u«,
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tteridk*al Mina^r,
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Mr. S.F.Moriarty
London, Enel and.
Dear Sir:
.Mr. Soarlos ia still ill at home. Your letter.? have been sent
to him and ho has read them in bod, but does not feel strong enough to
reply to them in detail.
He wishes me to thank you for the encouraging advices sent and he
will take pleasure in looking over the statement of account as soon as
he is able to do so.
Mr. Horison, under his direction, is attending to all the detail
of the business and says that everything is going on smoothly.
Mr. Searlcs hopes to be able to write you by the next mail more in
detail.
He hopes you will be able to arrange the matter of the £40,000 very
soon as during his illness he has been importuned by the Fidelity Oo. for
the promised statement, which he does not wish to make until this remit¬
tance has been entered up.
Yours truly,
New York, May 27th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I neglected to write you by last mall, that Mr Searlee
had informed me that he direoted a friend of his.mor a man with
whom lie 1b acquainted in London, and whom X believe he expected to
sail for this Country within a week, to call upo* you, and request
a statement of account, he meant the account relating to the Edison
Bell affaire,; this man is a lawyer of the name of Giffin or Gifford
or Borne such name, but you were not in London at the time he called
consequently he did not see you.
Mr Searlee said »o me that he thought of sending someone
ptUo
y0U ab0Ut th8 maUer8’ and 8ueffsst ed the name of Mr Annan,
1 tSlked hlm out of 1*» and thought he had dropped the matter
WvuV' entirely. dU' try
I enclose a little flipping announcing the ele’otion of
Theodore Seligman as a Director in the Cramps Shipbuilding Company,.
Doubtless you are aware that Henry Seligman has gone
abroad.
Mr Strauss called at our office this morning to ascertain
the amount of the holding of G. E. Gouraud in this Company, but X
declined to give him the information.
He wanted it beoause the firm had an inquiry from a
customer who was looking up the standing of Gouraud, as well ae
the amount of Stock of the United Company owned by him, with a viewl/'
to the loaning of some money by this oustomer to Gouraud.
& < * ™ ''
New York, May 27th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Your memorandum giving some figures in relation to the
payment of £120,000 by the 'Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph
Company, Limited, and you4personal letter to Mr Searles of May 13th
in relation to the Same matter, ig duly to hand, and contents noted.
No doubt you will advise us when jtou ascertain yourself
how much actual cash and stook the United Company will rqceiwe out
of the transaction as soon as you have the exact data yourself.
Mr Searles has not yet been ab^e to discuss these figures
but he is more Interested in the sale of the £40,000. which you
advised us by cable your lawyers would probably arrange this week,
the delay being due to purely technical formalities.
Yours very truly*
£ / / / /Ut ,'< <rn ■ "
New York, May 31st, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly In receipt of your letter of May 20th, and copy
of your letter to Mr Searles of May 21st, also copy of report of
Riddell, Vaizey & Smith, dated May 9th, 1898.
I renrat that any No. 2 machines should have arrived on
the other side so soon, but as far as my personal observation goes
I do not believe it is possible to stop machines going abroad
from this Country, through such firms as .T. H. Bunnell & Co, as
long as machines are sold outright by the National Phonograph Co.,
The People in the Phonograph business in this Country
will sell to anybody that wants to buy, and unless the foreign
Company protect themselves under their Patents, and meet the demand
for the goods, there is no other way to stop it, unless sufficient
power was exerted with Edison and the Phonograph Works to stop the
sale entirely through the National Company, which does not seem at
all likely to be brought about.
Mr Searles may have written you that he cpuld control
Edison or the Works, but I have always doubted thisf and* have^^BO^
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expressed myself, and if you have any positive proof of any absolute,
wrong doing on the part of Edison or the Works, please send it on
at once, and I will wndeavor to make the most of it.
Mr Searles is not well enough yet to take up anything of
this kind, but possibly when Mr Gifford sees him he may be able to
say something of a convincing character to Mr Searles that will
induce him to put the matter properly before Mr 'Edison.
I will write you next mail in regard to the automatic
machines, it is not an easy road to hoe in London, and I appreciate
it fully, and spend a good deal of time and thought in trying to
find some way to aid you, but when people in this country have
tU
learned value of the foreign business, they will resort to circu¬
lars and underquote you in prices or anything else that will enable
them to sell a machine.
Yours very truly,
New York, May 31st, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
In reply to your Personal letter of May 21st, in
regard to Bettini, we did understand that Patents were applied fo<r
when Dickerson was a factor in the matter, but Bettini has had a
falling out with Dickerson on account of a big bill he sent him,
which he claims wasnot right owing to his agreements with him in
connection with his inventions, so that present dealings are solely
with Bettini, and he claims that the Duplicator is vastly improved
this of oourse we cannot know positively until you see one of them
or until I am able to see one and have Bettini explain the difference
wMtr &e no^t^ tfc PW *
not be until the Agreement is signed, the:
around it without paying the money.
tAr£w" #u-
Bettini shipped some of his Micro-Phonographs to Austr^.^*'1
not very long ago, and while there may be a way for him to circum- ■■
vent the present agreement, yet we can make it troublesome for him
to ship to our territory, and would have had the right to the profi^j'
on that shipment to Australia, if the agreement had been signed, in
fact he is bound to turn over to us the orders, and I think in view
of our agreement with the 'English Company, and the host of infringe/t-<
that we have, it is much better for us to pay the $2,500. and have
Bettini under contract, than to let him do as he pleases without
any power on our part to hold him up, at all events the contract
has all been agreed to, and I will try to send you the corrected
Yours very truly
agreement by
mail.
mr/t/ww J: ?//mwrft/, 7<w 7Jnt>/tfi/< jtitnhon/ cfttncfo*
& 7l7//oM/?n', dtamtary.
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
7/c/j/7/vr/<^±
EDISON BELL CONSOLIDATED PHONO 00: TERRITORY.
In reply to your favor of May 21st, in writing out
letter to the Edison Phonograph Works of April 22nd, 1898 we were
guided in naming the countries for which the Edison Bell Consolidated
Phonograph Company, Limited, purchased the Patents, by the Prospect^f.
which names the following Countries:-
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE ISLE OP MAN.
AUSTRALIA'.
SOUTH APRICA.
SOUTH AMERICA
INDIA.
And the Trade Marks for CHINA and JAPAN.
Our letter to the Works, reads:-
Por the UNITED KINGDOM AND THE ISLE OP MAN.
Australia.
South Africa.
South America.
INDIA.
MfMi/nuft Sf/oU///, $ 7&7?fort/i€HV $«nr.tn:rt/.
J^uuy&mOm' 3&m«h>k
The letter just received from you , stateB that they own
all the World, exclusive of the United States of America, and
Canada, and the Continent of Europe*
We have not understood that the Edison-Bell Consolidated
Phonograph Company have acquired the Patents for Central America,
Mexico, therefore before making any change in our letter to the
Edison Phonograph Works, we wi;& av/ait your advices, as there
is no necessity for writing them immediately.
Yours very trul'y.
Secretary.
London, England.
Dear Sir!-
TRADE MARKS,
In reply to your favor of May 18th, we took you^pable to
O'lCCj
mean electrotypes, and we will endeavor to send you^anyhow, but
in relation to the Trade Mark documents, which we see by your letter
you meant, we do not know whether Edison has applied for these in
foreign Countries, and if we obtain them, we would have to pay the
costs.
I believe our Trade Mrak for practically all the World
cost^ about $}.,300. but I have no doubt that this particular Trade
Mark would be of service to you in protecting our rights, and when
I saw Mr Searles on Saturday, May 28th, I told him that I would
write him a letter, which he could sent?. to Mr Edison, and tfiich he
could modify if he cho^pe, but I then understood that you wanted
only the electrotypes, but i.yeur letter just received is in time
to enable me to give the exact facts to Mr Searles.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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S. F. Mori arty, Esq.,
London, England .
Dear Sir:-
Referring to your Order for Type No. 5 Phonographs,
Multiplex pattern, it will be simply impossible for us to ship any
of these goods until after the 11th of June, but after that date
they will come ilong very rapidly.
We suggest that you kindly notify the Edison Bell
Consolidated Phonogrtph Company, Limited, that in order to perfect
the se machines in several important details, the work has been
somewhat delayed, but the improvements made will much more than
compensate you for any delay.
The model Multiplex that you have in London, X have no
doubt you have noticed is liable sometimes to hitch a little, and
not work perfectly in the revolving of the cylinders, this defect
has been entirely and permanently overcome.
Mr Grass has also perfected some other details in t he
construction of the machine, which make it a much more perfect™
Phonograph.
While we might hurry the cabinet makers, and ship a few
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of these goods a little earlier, yet we do not want to run the risk
of sending unseasoned cabinets, and we have no doubt that you will
see to it, that we do not run the risk of any penalty in view of
the care we are insisting upon in turning out these goods to per¬
fection.
Yours very truly,
®irx8jcm ^jcrasje (IB)
^ExrrtljrcmirjerlEnir %<n&mx&,
‘jWanlsovc,
w.er.
3nd June T89S.
Dear Mr Moria- ty ,
I receievd your letter thiaan, morning, and have
no mail to anoloae you which i8 rather surprising being vhursddy.
Mr Ward iias not" been here all' day so I have not opened your room
at all, and will not do so until Mr Ward again asks for the key. I
will see to it that nothSng is removed from your room until you return.
I have today tent off the following cable which I have coded .into
7 words as foolows:-
"Believo I « n arrange advance next week machine account which
"will be ssdi sfaotory "
I have again spo&n to Mr Pratt about tie Columbia Phonograph Co:
Aglnt in the north, and he informs me tilt he iB going up personally
thero to-morrow aid will report to me the result *f his visit, which
I will in turn repdrt to you if you are stall away when he returns.
Then® is nothing speoial to report f*-day, expect that «disonia v
have actually opened ah their place in the Strand. They price their
No: 3 phono: at £9-9-0 complete inclmdiijg 8 "records" a£>3 blanks, ■
funnel, speaking and hearing tube^ and indeed complete outfit for tint
price. They haw e a large stock at the Stmnd office, and a/.pe* to bfc
doing a good business. Anyway the shop is a gre* attraction, as
pt the people who pi ss look in at the window, and appear to be interest;
-ed inh the goods shown*. ..
There is nothing else I can think of to write about to-day, but i
that the weather is still unsettled and is raining heavily as I write.
Dear Mr Moriarty,
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Wa nirxm,
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Srd Juna I898»
I have not heard from you to-day as I was led to
believe from Mr Brossa that you were sending me instructions f«r a
letter to be suit to New-York, but there is time yet to receive it by
to-morrow to forward by the outgoi ng miil - the CAMPANIA.
Mr Ward has not asked to. go into your room yet, and th4 key has
not been used, but* I will use my discretion in the matter when he
wants to go into the room.
I enclose you copy of a letter received to-day from the Edison
Bell Con; Co: I do not know if you agree with the suggestions therein
contained, but I give you herewith two cable oodo words ,‘*wh?ch please
use to-morrow morning to me and I will quite understand from the word
you send whit do do in the met ter.-
DEMOCRACY. Send copy of Edison-Bell Co*s letter to New-York
with instructions that the suggestions therein
contained are to be carried out to the letter.
DEMOLISHED. Do not^s end copy of EdiBon-Bell Go's letter to New-
If you cable the first word I wilL understand md carry out the. necessa
instructions without delay, and get this letter over to New-Yor7^~
good time for them to adopt the suggestions in the following shunts;
but if on the other hand I get thei other word •DEMOLISHED" I will d»
nothing in the matter pending your return.
Mr Pratt is very anxious to know if there has been a shipment of
~ 1 told — - — - - -
Mr Pratt leaves for the north to-night, but will be back at the
beginning of the week.
I had a call to-day from Mr Pringle whom you may remember you
sold a 16 cylinder spring motor phono: for use in South Africa in
Ootober last year for £42-10-0. Mr- Pringle has just come bach from
South Africa, and he says that when he got out there he found he
could buy tie same identical machine that he had for £15 less than
ho paid for it hare* I told him he- must hare boon mistaken in the
machine and that it was a cheaper kind he saw, but he said he took hi
own machine to the shop in Capo Town, and examined it with the other
in over y detail, and found it was the same. Besides he said he paid
£4 duty before tie machine was allowed to enter Cape Colony, so that
he considers he paid dearly for his machine. Of course I told him th
these people in Cape Colony were absolute infringers that they had n
right to exploit the machines there;, but Mr Pringle replied that
might bo so, but they neverlheless had large establishments out ther
and had a stock of all kinds of machines to choose from. He showed
me a letter to his London firm from us sometime ago offering to
replace tho defective "records* which he said he had for others.
He brought back these *rooords* and I msut say they were very poor
indeed, and as he is returning back to South Africa by to-morrows
steamer I have exchanged these records for him, which I trust iB in
order, as I- had no time to communicate with you, so had to act on my
own initiative. He said that you offered him 10# on any sales of
phonos: he made in So: Africa, but- as he said thay can be got at £15
less out there than ho paid, and free of duty, that is tla reason ha
made no sales, or attempted to make amy, and he wished me to report
this to you. ' . •
Thera is nothing else to write about to-day. The weather has at
last taken a change* for the better and I hope it will keep fine now
^ &rt&£x>e. oyfiy
[ENCLOSURE]
Translated from t. he Gentian.
C 0 1 o G 3 R. 26th May 1393.
The Rdisoi united Phonograph Co:
c/o S. R. Moriarty, Rsq,
L 0 W D 0 M.
Dear Siva,
'■Ve bog to hand you enclosed a report on the past
financial year (already sent) and also a copy of the Balance .Sheet
passed in the meeting of the Board of the gist of May. It closes
wtth a profit balance of .39474. 41 Marks, which, as proposed, had
to be used for writ log off.
Referring to the annexed report we b sg to invite yen' in
accordance with Article 00 of the Company's Act, to attend the '
General Meeting to be held on Saturday the 11th of .Time.
The agenda is as follows:
Submitting the Balance sheets for 1896 and 1897 passed
by the Board, with profit and loss account, and granting a dis¬
charge to the Managing Directors.
T--f you do not intend being present at the meeting we" '
request you to return us the annexed form of proxy duly signed
as soon as possible.
We are. Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully,
Deutsche Edison Phonographon Cos ells chaff,' "
(Signed) Ludwig Stollwerck.
[ENCLOSURE]
Tranal at. ert from th e Gore
FtNAMCTAL REPORT ft' DR THIS YEAR 1897
or the ■
■OEUTBOHE EDISON PHONO rjRAPHEM OBSEUiSOHAFT. COLOGNE.
exceedingly regret. being unable to give- a favourable
fbjihvt, fn r the past financial year any more than for the former.'
nur efforts to introduce the phonographs as a means of enter¬
tainment and in the commercial world as a substitute for the' short,
hand-writer have almost completely failed during the past year as
before, as we only succeeded in selling altogether 87 Phonographs
for these purposes, and further 184 as Phonograph automatic
machines. The business result is shown by tile annexed balance-
sheet and amounts to this that we had altogether a gross profit, „**
M. 68868.50, M. .18400 ; while the expenses amounted to M. 47794.07
The net, profit, thus remaining of H. 8,1074. 41. M. 18400 how:ev9r had
to he employed for writing off on the license and preliminary
expenses account, and' on the Phonographic automatic machines, .
ejected" on hire, accumulators and on the inventory an d' p rint ed ""
matter, so as to leave only a small balance of 118.41 Marks which,
according to a resolution of the Board was employed towards -educ¬
ing the- patent account. The unfavourable result is attributable'
to the following facts.
[ENCLOSURE]
2.
U.) .barge quantities of phonographs are constantly being sent on
to Bemhiy from America by the holders of the American patents of
the Bdisori-Be.il Phonograph invention. We have taken legal pro¬
ceedings against. the two principal importers and in December lest
obtained judgments in ouv favour in the Court of t, he First,
Tris't'aribe.' But V
itrary to our expectation the Public Prbsecutoi
declines r,0 proceed against these importers as he wishes to' await,
the" Judgment of the Court of the Second Tns tance. ' Unfortunately
the firm's who are concerned in the infringement of our Patents
are riot, situated so as to be able to indemnify us for the damage
caused and for these reasons there is unfortunately no hopes of
obtaining any damages to' compensate us for the prejudice actually
persons who have imported and sold thousands
ed f rnt)
of Phonographs from America at low prices.'
Tt became therefore necessary for us to negotiate with the
Rdison United Company with a view to altering our agreement as
regards the stipulations concerning the license. The sh areholder's
are ware we pay for each phonograph set to work a royalty of
10° Marks, and it is evident that on this account the sale of
Phonographs at a manufacture ’ s price of 30,50 arid 80 .Mark's i.s
simply impossible for us all the more so as the phonograph busi¬
ness is now being taken .in hand by several factories in Pr
and Austria and business is made almost impossible for us
account.' of the refusal of the Public Prosecutor to a
if ford
[ENCLOSURE]
The n >.;ot wions n V>f t h«* vice Chairman or the Mhon tinted
Phon-v ’'Hph Onn].sny, '> dt-phon Moriurty, hws unfortunat d.y not
boon n* yon led by success ns this gentleman insists on our onn-
timiinc in jmy royalty, no -j vUi. only reduce’ it from Ion to' ftg
'U,rk,t Vf ^ W bin inn, non Marks on account thereof, <wm \n oast
Aocm-Unr to the size of the apparatus the royalty is PA to
mo in- cent, of the factory price, hence thorn would be but a
a Vight -improvement, of our situation.'
'Mt Sin are still continuing our negotiations, and believ,
th-.t tf »o are in a position to offer phonographs at low p I’ines,
. that U to say without royalty, we shall then to able to do the
wholesale business which w'o have always had in view. T! is
asserted that factories exist in America which produce daily over
500 Phonograph, at a price of from 30 to ion Marks. Moreover the
principal importer, Mr Wilhelm Gahre, with whom we have been in '
litigation since February 1S96, himself admits that since this
time "h e h as impo rted over 2, 500 Phonograms from America,' -and sold
then with a shod' profit. "Our sale, however, as already stated,
only amounts to ''SSI machines. . . ..
Tn view of this situation and of the fact that a definite
l"''f5,V1" **• "»"■"> ‘~»M» »« *«U t.M.M tor ,d„o
***** " * “• »'■"•«"•* C«m hM n<m
for the next few days, the Board, after a
consultation with the"
[ENCLOSURE]
unA*)i»« ignort -managing sh areho.lders, has decided t,0 abstain for the
present Jrw proposing a res olut ion an to th>;'modn or carrying on
th‘3 bn» Irenes in future. We shall, on the contrary, continue to
endeavour to get, t.ho agreement with the ISrlL son United Company
altered, and shill then call an B<t naordinary Genera], Meeting.
Meanwhile we venture, in connection with the bal’ sec e-sheets
annexed herewith, and vrHi ch h»e b on passed by Wo' lonyd, to
express the hope that the impend ing Genera].. Meeting on Gs turdny
the 1'lth of .Tune, will give its sanction in writ ing to these
proposal's 'or the Hoard.
[ENCLOSURE]
Tran.sJ. at, -id' from ft 1
TO
.THE DEUTSCHE EDISON PHONO GRAPH EN
We hereby authorise Mr
■in the General Mae tins of the Deutsche
Gese.Usehaft to be held on t ho Uth of
la" a. I lmv/er.
Dai a
German.
GE3ELLSCHAFT , COLOGNE .
Edison Phonn£rai>hen
.Tune, 'with fu.U
Signature.
[ENCLOSURE]
Copy Le t ter.
Edi 3on House, W.C,
2nd .Tune, 1898.
The .Edison United Phonograph Co:
Horthumb er land Avenue, 'V.C.
Dean Blrs,
'!!\XX you kindly ask your XV lends on. the o the* side if
they will he good enough to make out future Bills of Lading in
tlie name of this Company?.
The shipment now in London has been delayed through this
not being done, and through Bills of Lading arriving after the
ship (concerning which we shall be glad if you will write); and
the consignment would have been under heavy charges had not the
signoe hereof managed to get these suspended by personal arrange-
m era .
We should also like to point out. to you that under
existing Policy of Insurance for £5,000 we shall. not be able to
recover unless goods are packed in tin lined cases, which was not.
done with the first lot.
I an further requested by my Directors to ask if you
will cable, for reply by the same source, asking if and by what,
st can hr the 250 Automatic machines due for shipment under penalty
on May the 34th last left.
E.U.P.O.
(Signori)
[ENCLOSURE]
W,nnt. tnue<t >
Thanking you in am, toil, at ion of your a u. ant ion.
Yours faith. Cully,
Eor the Erli son-Be.U Consolidator! Phonograph co
P. ’.V. Pratt ,
General Manager.
BttM&ut, JfimttMjtf tSeHtorh & <Sm>nUmn/.
$(t/>/m* k 7.W, V™, /,,,/< .atfi*e,y SU*w Wnt/>r»/,MJ,Ut« ,Tm,
27 W I LLI AM STREET,
7L
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
Herndon, England.
Dear Sir:-
Attaohed to the Agreement with G. Bettini, sent you under
separate cover, is one of his late price-lists, and I do not know
whether you can make use of any of these at all, but we have been
obliged to take a few, and will send them to you probably next week.
There is no doubt that this man has made a certain kindl
of reputation for his Records and things, and they sell because
they are becoming known a6 Bettini Records, therefore hot withstanl
ing the fact that you do mot consider it good policy to make
prominent in any way Bettini* s goods yet it seems to ms that it
is no disadvantage to be able to fill orders for such goods, if
they are positively demanded by the customeryof the Englidi Company
but it is not worth while for me to expatiate on this subject, as
there is nothing in this business that you are not oonversant with.
Yours very truly,
June 4th, 1898. MYJ
Secretary.
Mwidwt SAm r4Wfe/y
Sfc/i/wHr 77 77/hrthr/i/, 7m> Brniimt, .Mri or;/ SHneton M&nX/in>/tJ7f>77titt/ei JrrnMMK
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir!-
,JSSU.
Referring to your letter of May 18th, relating to Trade
Mark, I have written a letter to Mr Edison, dated June 3rd, a copy
of which I enclose,- and will forward you a copy of the reply when
it is received.
I took the letter over to Mr Searles yesterday, and
requested him to sign, which he did.
As X have already sent you a copy of the letter from the
National Phonograph Company, dated May 20th, I will not enclose
another.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
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(&tr/t/u>M.' fl/marty, /gnufa,,.
Srnm^ fa/tirm
.p/t/v{.U>r// ty/rrrf/iK
& Mfifomoni dteen&uy.
/lav'i
*"**•*• Ed'son‘ ■■Q., President. <Z>
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. ,T.
/
>, June ;• 3rd/ 1898. /0t9._
Dear Sir:-
»e »»t» the Edison Phonograph Works, Bap lath, 1898
”TOSt‘”S **”" *° »“> « « .leotrotpp. of .he T„d. mrk
“ °f "Th0"" A' “*>»"• *->*». °» «h. S.Md.rd Pho„o.
graphs, .« .. received a ,W th. National Phonograph Cocp.n
a copy of which we enclose.
Onr contracts are with you, and the Edison Phonograph
Works, and give us the right to all Patents and good-will, and we
are entitled to use your name on our printed matter, and employ
your name in the introduction of our machines; furthermore our
Agreeme nt with you, dated March 11th, 1S90, Clause 8, provides that
our Company, as well as 4u* other Companies as we may organize,
shall in their title include the name of Thomas A. Edison, there¬
fore we are entitled to the use of your Trade Mark, the deprivation
•Of Which Whuld be an injury to our business.
We may add that this Ti.de Mark is advertised and ^de a prominent
feature of the printed matter of the National Phonograph Company,
distributed broadcast, and our foreign friends will naturally and
justly criticise and demand from us an explanation if we do not
[ENCLOSURE]
Jb/iM S. Se/tr/a),
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supply them with at least
such aids and advantages as are enjoyed
by the Company in America.
Will you kindly advd'se us whether you have taken out
Trade Mark papers in foreign countries for ihis Trade Mark.
Awaiting the favor of your prompt reply.
Your 8 very truly,
(Signed.) JnO. E. Searles.
President.
New York, Kune 6th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I note what you say in your Personal letter to me of
May 27th about the Phonograph Works shipping machines to London
for account of the National Phonograph Company, this is most out¬
rageous, and if Mr Searles was only here to-day, I would make the
biggest kind of fuss about it, and I sincerely hope he will be able
to attend to some business dn the course of a week.
Of course I could write about, ^ but that is not sufficient
and if Mr Searles has any influence whatever in that direction, I
want him to use it, and I shall do my best to' see that something is
done as soon as he gets to New York.
I want to give you an idea of how our goods are shipped
so that with what information you gather, you will be able to form
some opinion as to whether the lot or rather the two lots for the'
National Company of 100 each, were shipped by the same conveyance.
C&d &-ts C'W.
As X have writtenyou the contract for the shipment of our 10,000.
was made by the Wells Fargo & Co’s express, whose cars runs into
the Phonograph Works.
The contract was made with the Phonograph Works, and in¬
cluded all of the 10,000 No. 2 Phonographs, so that when they mak'b
a shipment for us, they are rackdd^and taken to Hoboken and there
loaded on a barge and taken to the dock of the Wilson Lfine, so that
if the National Company are shipping abroad, it is more than likely
that they would ava$>l themselves of theis contract in orderto
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obtain the advantage, and I have just sent over to Wells Fargo to
have the above view of the manner of shipment verified, and they
seem so reluctant to give any information about it that it makes me
suspeet that the National Company are availing themselves of our
contract to get cheap freight rates to Europe^ but I may be able
to obtain something definite to-morrow.
June 7th, P.M. I have just learned that the Rail-road which carrifi/
all the goods for Wells Faigo & Co, is the New York Lake Erie &
Western, and as their tracks go right into the Works as stated, it
looks pretty conclusive that the National Company’s goods
shipped right in the car with ours, but in order to be perfectly
certain, I will endeavor to watch the unloading of the next ship¬
ment from Orange, and will send a man to Hoboken for the purpose,
so that if any illegal goods are in the car that will demonstrate
how the others were shipped, but to make sure you had better wait
for my next letter.
I am sending you by this mail a set of the late circulars
and price-lists of the Graphophone Company.
They are doing a rushing business on Broadway & Liberty
Street, and men walk out of the place with little Graphophones in
thbir hand 8, as if they had just bought them.
They have ten or fifteen women employed there, and a
number of men.
Yours very truly.
( 7(yu/ed;^^
37 Wl LLIAM STREET,
jjiBs_7_th,_is.9.a._ _
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We desSre to call your attention to the quotation for
Edison RecordB of 50 cents less 60# each, f.o.b. Orange, but in
order to get this price, it is necessary to place an order for
5,000
Since v/riting you by last ijiail we have seen Bettini and
wecan get from him any of the recordB which are listfttfby him at
$1.50 for 50 cents for this particular order of 60 only, so that
we think we shall ship you these as the quantity is not large, and
you will have an opportunity of judging of the character of his low
priceljRecords.
Please do not consider this however as a precedent for
future orders for his Records, as the contract price is 50 % off,
but in this order he has promised to pick out a number of original
Records, althou^i the majority will probably be duplicates, but he
evinces a disposition to try to oblige us, or at least meet our
views.
We will send you a sample of every new thing that Bettini
gets out, and we enclose three circulars handed w +>i s "V'rning.
$fo/t/rnt> 3: 7///?r/hrfl/. Jm HHtatf/euA .p/rfriion/ Slt'ncUK Whit/m/i'T/ijuttiet 3m,
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We will ship you one of the speed indicators, so that you
will be able to Judge, as to whether it is worth anything-.
When I was at Bettini office this morning, 1 saw a bill
from Dickerson to Bettini for §125. One hundred dollars of this was
for making application for the British Patents on the Duplicator, q
^you see there has been no time lost in making the application.
Kifadly note that Bettini has made friends again wi th
Dickerson, or rather Dickerson with Bettini, because Dickerson went
to see him, and they settled their differences in dispute.
Mr Giimore said to me over the telephone yesterday that
he could not put the name of the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phono¬
graph Company, Limited on the Speaker, as the name was too long, &
and he objected in such a way, as to make me feel at the moment
that he would be very glad to get out of it, but I told him I would
abbreviate the name, and write him, so I have sent him the name as
follower¬
's. B. Con. Phono. Co. Id.
does,
it in
I think he will be able to get this on, and if he
'here may be a small cost for it, but I will know more about
l few days, and will write you, 'l/Ctm-
J/&/t7li/ $. 7?r<<uV/t>t/A i JTt/Hiftf.ijS/ 1 & 7%7?t0MA0ft4 $wc/u,n/.
4tc/i/wu^l ?//0^ M>fort,@irecfox 7$*d/tr*/t,7/A&U/* jfe*
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S. P. Moriarty, Esq. ,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We have an inquiry from Mitsui & Company, 445 & 447
Broome St., New York, for Records, Blanks, Graphophones, etc, for
export to Japan.
It is some trouble for us to know how to answer such a
letter as this, because we know from experience that if we refuse
to quote price 8 that they will procure the goods elsewhere.
If on the contrary we should be able to quote prices at
the listscirculated here, they would probably not accord with the
selling prices of the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company,
Limited, therefore we would like to know your wishes in the matter,
in order that we may be governed in regard to further inquiries
from Commission Houses in Hew York.We have referred Mitsui & Co.
to the E.B. Con. Phono. Co. Ltd.
We have also an inquiry from a Large firm here. Mess.
Manning Maxwell & Moore, Machinists for prices and discounts on
Phonographs and Supplies for shipment to Vienna, Austria, but we
shall reply to this inquiry, and refer their correspondent to you,
although they may do as all the others have done heretofore, obtain
son's uptown store or
id prii
fron) Edii
the Graphophone people.
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S. F, Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:~
We have asceetained that the cars of the New York, Lake
Erie & Western, or rather the Erie Railroad, which latter is the
tecfcinical name for it now, are switched into the yard of the Edison
Phonograph Works, and the goods are loaded there, and shipped direct"
to the private dock of the V/ells Fargo Express Company in Jersey
City, from there, they are taken by their wagons to the Wilson Line
Pier in Brooklyn.
We are keeping a look-out for any infringing machines
going forward with our goods, but have not discovered any so far
with this week's shipment.
Yours very truly,
'/t 7'7 l (ri>e- <C f’-* l ' "
Z/avlTrdk
Secretary.
New York, June 10th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty!- PERSONAL.
There is a firm here called the Mamfacturers and Inven¬
tors Electric Company, 96 & 98 Cortlandt Street, whose card we en¬
close, by which you will see they quote Edison Phonographs for ex¬
port at 30 % off, and the same discount on Records.
This firm practically admit that they get about 50# dis¬
count, which are Standard Phonographs, listed at $20. would be $10
This is only one of many other firms here who sell Phono
graphs for export.
The Columbia Phonograph Company have lately put up enor¬
mous handsome signs at Liberty & Broadway, which read as follows:-
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
Gen’l.
Wholesale. Retail. Export
They sell openly for export to- Prance, but their export
business to other Countries, we are informed is done throu^i
Russell Hunting, who is that fellow who was arrested at one time
for obsene Records.
You are aware that Edison has a show-room at 26th Street
fact 8
and Broadway, and the following are reported to us.
A man by the name of Stevens has charge of the Bales
there, a local Manager, and we believe this is prqctically the
National Phonograph Company.
Stevens had entered into co-partnership or business
arrangement with Prescott, who is said to have the largest list
of foreign correspondents here, and we will endeavor to send you
one of the cards of this partnership with Stevens and Prescott by
next mail.
Enclosed we send some price-lists and the latest lists
of Records, and we hear that the Recorfds of the Norcross Phonograp
Company are very good, so wo are sending you a few as a sample lot
and we will try to get them off by steamer sailing tomorrow, but
if not by Wednesday' s steamer. The Norcross records are said
to^or iginals, and of course are made with the Edison diaphragm, so
that you will have an opportunity of comparing them with ths
Bettini Records, whch we are sending you.
The Norcross Company expect to take u p oratorio musicc-
and any other scientific music that they can get.
The goods from Bettini mentioned in my last letter will
go forward on to-morrow's steamer.
Yours very truly,
,4- /
•J»/m<B.4carU JZemMjtX <sfw»**/
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London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We sent you ton June 3rd, a copy of our letter to Mr
Edison relating to his trademark, that is to say his name which he
uses as a trademark, and we enclose you herewith copy feply from
A
W. E. Gilmore, General Manager, which explains itself.
You will notice that he concedes the point that all
machines ordered by us can be marked with his trademark, which is
all that we desire at present, and that he has never taken out
any trademark papers in foreign countries.
Yours very truly,
' {7/t _
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
Kill SON PHONOGRAPH WORKS,
Orange, N, J. June 9, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
John E. Searles, Esq., Pres.,
27 William St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
With further reference to your letter of June 3rd, re¬
garding the use of the trademark "Thomas A. Edison", I went up to
the mines yesterday to see Mr Edison and he desires «, to ^ay^That
he has never obligated himself in any way to your Company, nor^ny
other, to permit the use of hie name in connection with apparatus.
He considers that his name; is his own personal property. He has
decided, however, that all of the machines now being manufactured
for your Company can be marked with his trademark. He desires it
to be distinctly understood, however, that the right to use his
name is in no way assignable or transferable to any other concern
than yourselves and he reserves to himself the rirfit to apply it
to,, such apparatus as in his judgecent should be so marked, and also
reserves to himself the right to cancel the use of his name in
connection with any apparatus at any time. He considers it to be
his personal trademark, under which all of his different manufac¬
tured articles are sold, and he has never transferred or permitted
its use by anybody. He has never taken out any trademark papers
in foreign countries.
Yours very truly,
W. E. Gilmore,
General Manager.
New York, June 13th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I want to give you what information comes to us in
regard to a man named Stevens, of whom we wrote you by last nail
He was f ormerally employed at Sehnectady, where Gilmore
came from, and was sent by Gilmore to Tewksbury, and took the
position of export clerk there, but after the foiling out with
Tewksbury, he was given a position in Mr Edison's Laboratory with
the National Phonograph Company, recently when Mr Edison opened his
place at 26th Street, & Broadway, Stevens was sent there as Manage-
but has now associated himself with Prescott, and we will send you
as soon as possible one of the cards of Prescott & Stevens.
We simply write you this with a view of keeping a record
of the people who are working against us.
We are sending you a copy of the "Phonoscope" fbr April,
and you will notice that Edison is making a Spring Motor Coin in
the Slot machine, this is the first we have heard of it.
Yours very truly,
P.S. See the advertisement of Russell Hunting on pago next to cover
Mmn/tuA TMowaOJ^ SeAbms $ MTThndffm dteenfary.
$(e/t/m/ 7A 7//<marti/, fcv 7?m<Wrii/< Mnbory SHnOmf 7$iit/irei/i/ 7/iu/itU/e, Jretutm
Marion, Maas.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find copy of letter received from Mr.
Charles E. Hughes, in relation to the bill of E. Q. Keaebey.
This letter is the outcome hf your suggestion that Mr.
Keasbey be offered $1,000. in settlement of his account.
Will you kindly advise me in regard to the matter at
your convenience, and much oblige.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) G. N. Morison,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
Carter, Hughes & Dwight.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law.
96 Broadway & 6 Wall St. (Suite 150-160)
New York, June 10th, 1898.
Mr E. A. Morrisop,
Secretary, Edison United Phonograph Company,
27 William Street, City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr E. q. Keasbey called to-day in reference to hii bill
against your Company. He is willing to reduce it to §1100. if it
will be paid at once. I am inclined to think that if we offered
him §1000 cash he would take that. Apparently he will make no
reduction voluntarily, if he has to wait for his money until the
Receiver of the North American Company makes a distribution.
Very truly yours,
(Signed.) Charles E. Hughes.
New York, June 14th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty! -PERSONAL.
We do not get a great deal of information about Mr Searles
he is out every day, but seems unable to attend to much business .
In regard to Prescott the same old state of affairs exist
Gilmore; isaya the National Company cannot refuse to fill orders,
that he cannot stop Prescott tftf»anyone else sending out printed
matter^ that he cannot control them, that Prescott does not adver¬
tise himself as the Agent of the National Phonograph Company, but
calls himself, "the Edison Phonograph Agency".
Gilmore says that the Commission Houses will buy from
anyone that will sell them, and that even Prescott does not know
where they go, as the commission houses do not want to give av/ay
the name and address of their customer for fear that the customer
will order direct from Prescott or whoever the cotnnission houses
order their goods from, and thus lose their conmission.
Of course we realize what truth there is in all of
these statements, butl I cannot help feeling that Edison is more
fairlydisposed towards us than he ever has been, at the sane tine
the shipment of those 200 Machines sticks in my craw, and I would
like to have the data which you spoke of sending in connection with
the matter.
If we can keep up our orders, we will at least stand some
chance of gaining more or less advantage from Edison, and it seems
to me that our only policy can be to go ahead and fight our way
through gaining little by lit tin. tin* we win „
>OV*+.*H Vll ir
establish ourselves.
Notwithstanding^!* is my intention to talk the matter
over with Mr Searles as soon as he is able, and he will go to see
Mr Edison, and induce him to stop any shipments where it is known
they are going abroad, and endeavor to hamper these export people
in every way possible.
GILMORE INFORMED ME THAT EDISON WAS MAKING A SMALL MACHINE
’(THAT IS A CHEAP MACHINE, but it has not yet been completed.
I saw yesterday the little machine which Bettini has
secured the control of, it is a very pretty little machine and runs
four and a half cylinders, and he uses his own diaphragm on it, but
small in size, that is to say he calls it his own diaphragm, but it
is not like the Micro-phonograph; it is automatic, and he is making
a separate speaker, which he proposes later to use on this machine.
The diaphragm was not quite complete, so that I could not
hear a satisfactory record, but it looks like a perfect little
Phonograph, and the gearing is different from anything I have
seen.
He is considering at what price he oan afford to list
them, and suggests $12., but claims it is as good as any Phonograph
The cost as far as I can learn is in the neighborhood of
$3.50, and he is anxious for Mr Searles to finance him, and take
the whole world.
Bettini wants to go abroad tfoor if the United Company
will pay his expenses, as he thinks he can be of great service in g
giving you the benefit of all his experience and knowledge
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and would like to take the little machine over with him to show to
you, but he claims that other people here want to join him and
wants to know whether any such arrangement could be accomplished
on such conditions if Mr Searles would finance him, he would. .agree
to devide half the profits.
Of course I know how all of this will strike you, and I
have simply said neither yea or nay, because I think that the longed'
he can be put off from doing anything in any direction without any
trouble, the better, at the same time, he intends to Patent all of
his things from time to time, and they might be of some service to
us in any fight that we might enter into for the protection of our
territory, at all events, it is better on general principles to be
friendly rather than otherwise, if it can be properly maintained.
THE DUPLICATING MACHINES AND THE CATALOGUES WILL GO
FORWARD ON STEAMER SAILING SATURDAY JUNE 18th, 1898.
The Phonograph Works now make a recorder and reproducer,
that is the ordinary Speaker, also a separate recordeer, ani an
automtaic reproducer, they all sell at the same price.
Mr Gilmore has promised to send me some printed matter
from the National, which came in very naturally while we were
talking, and I will send it to you when received.
It seems to us that the English Company should order
some automatic reproducers to be able, to fill any orders for
machines equipped in this way, as they are sold here, ani no doubt
they will have inquiries for them, and they should be An a position
to 8 up ply anything •
X ordered two sets of electros of each of Bettini's cuts
of machines, and micro -phonographs as X thought you might have
use for them sooner or later, and we may have a falling out with
Bettini, when it would not be easy to obtain them.
Referring to the advertisement of Russell Hunting in the
"Phonoscope" I showed this to Gilmore, and his reply was that he
did not amount to anything,- and remarked that if a money-order was
sent him the probability Jie would keep the money, and not fiend the
goods.
In regard to the Chicago Talking Machine Company, Easton
bought out this Company, and put Leon DouglaB in charge as General
Manager, but became dissatisfied with him, and gave him a lesser
position though at a fair salary, and put another man in charge as
General Manager.
The old employees of the Chicago Talking Machine Company,
Edison
have organized a new Company, and callmt the^Talking Machine Co.,
but Edison' 8 lawyers notified them that they must drop the name of
Edison, which they did, and it is now called the Talking Machine
Company.
The Wor Ids Phonog r aph Company, that is J. Lewis Young has
been writing letters to everybody and to the Works, offering to
sell out their business, and some 13 Patents for about L2,000. I
think.
X FIND THAT THE HORNS SENT YOU ARE ALL SPUN BRASS.-
I have just received word from Mr Searlea, asking me to
advise him immediately whether the English Company have consented
to Drafts oi‘40 days sight.
Gilmore said yesterday that the National Comply would
absolutely refuse to fill any order to be shipped to our territory
I conclude that it will be some little time before Edison
will have his new cheap machine ready, as new tools will have to
beWqpde for it.
Yours very truly,
ts < a* i
Messrs. Hidden Vaizey & smith.
Gresham Street, E.C,
June 14th 1898*
I beg to acknowledge receipt 0f rrar lsMer „ ^ ^
°“™r1"8 “ f“ “* •«««* « -r claim and that of my n»
against Mr. Horiarty in the above matter. I ragrst tint I a, enable
t» accept the offer which ro am good enongh to make bnt am ,nite
Willing to carry ant .Mat I said when Hr. Horiarty and yen were with na
the other day.
I wanld agree behalf of my tilm t0 MMfft ^
..d. bg pan i, yonr latter at the 18th nndar clans. 1. j M agr„
to olaaa. 2 provided Hr. Horiarty transferred to „ ei,m wia
Debenture stack in exchange tor an emival.nt amount of tally paid
Preference aares i of course on «y part ratals the £1000 h. has
already paid to a, and transferring ft» my „» Preference shares
£1000 Preference share, to ay firm. with regard t, clans, a I ha™
n. Objection Whatever to thie bat i„ „0h as yon mad. certain eteta.
-ante to M at onr last interview as to certain action Whitt Hr.
M.ri«ty or those connected with hia in America nigh, take against me,
this settlement if .greed to, meat not only b, m satisfaction of .11
olaime that 1 or my fir. may have against Hr. Horiarty and hi. colleag-
”* in reteranca to this Ddison Bell deal bnt alao all data whioh
Hr. Horiarty or his colleague. think they sny have against ma.
proposal, which I make ar. withont prejndic. and if net accepted tv
moroday evening next t. deemed to be withdrawn.
1 am, Gentlomen,
Tours faithfully,
(Sd) Eds jp. Coates.
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
■London, England.
Dear Sir:-
MV' f/107'Ay. June 15th. 189S.
The Phonograph Works will not make any change in stamping
the Speakers until they know what Swishes are in the natter.
We wrote you quite fully on this subject by last mail,
but since then Mr Gilmore has called in, and the writer requested
a copy of letter written by Richard N. Dyer te the National
Phonograph Company, dated June 3rd, which explains itself.
The object of the Phonograph Works is to prevent the use
of their Speakers upon machines not manufactured by the Phonograph
Works, and we hear a rumor that there are machines being manu¬
factured in Chicago, at all events we rather approve of the
Speakers being stamped by the Phonograph Works, and we think that
you. will in all probability take the same view.
If we form other Companies abroad, and the Speakers are
stamped with the name of the English Company fbr instance, it might
cause some annoyance to them if their machines found their way into
other territory, if in no other way at least by letter, and cause
them some trouble in replying, and vice
versa.
1 A/i/d/d 7<m MkhM,/,
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J%0UHMJ& S. T'lTfik'Mom 6&«%,
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37 Wl LLIAM STREET,
If the Speakers are stamped in the name of the English
Company, we will have to pay the cost, whatever it may be, possibly
$50., but if stamped in the name of the Works, they will pay the
cost naturally.
Kindly note that Mr Gilmore informed the writer that the
Attorneys for the Works have been ordered to take action against
any parties using the name of Thomas A. Edison without authority, a
and two instances were cited in this country where parties were
obliged to desist.
No one has the right to use the name of Edison in
connection with Phonographs, except the United Company and the
National Phonograph Company.
This is a move in the right direction, and I have no
doubt that Edison would support us in any endeavor to stop the use
of his name abroad by writing any letter that we desire, but if I
remember correctly he has already written on this subject.
urs very truly,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
New York, June 3, 1898.
W. E. Gilmore, Esq.,
National Phonograph Company,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir,
Responding to yours of 31st ult., re restriction as to
use of Speakers for Edison phonographs, we beg to say that the
wording you stiggest, to wit: "Licensed for use only on Edison
Phonographs manufactured by Edison Phonograph Works", would, in our
opinion preclude the lawful use of such speakers upon talking
machines not of Edison production.
So far as we have been able to ascertain from adjudi¬
cated cases on this subject, the courts have made no distinction
between restriction as to use imposed by the maker and by the
seller.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) Richd. N. Dyer,
New York, June 16th, 1898
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I wrote you June 10th, that the Manufacturers and
Inventors Electric Co., practically admitted that they set about
50X discount from the National Company, but I am inclined to doubt
this, because I sent your Brother up there, and he .is not certain,
m addition to which Gilmore stated that the best discount given
by the National Phonograph Company, was 40# , and that only in
large quantities.
Gilmore also stated that the United Company gets the same
prices as the Natipnal.
I am sending you some price-lists of J. II. Bunnell & Co.,
and they quote machines in dozen lots at 33 l/3 X, and Records in
barrel lots at 40 % .
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27 Wl LLIAM STREET.
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Enolosed please find copy of our letter of June 8th to tft
the National Phonograph Company, and their reply dated June 13th
Mr Gilmore stated to the writer yesterday that the Edison
Manufacturing Company do not now sell Phonographs, they confine
themselves to their own goods, batteries, etc.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
J/o/mS.^ealrfei. T&tait/eutt
Wts/i/uw M fl/m'arfy. 7m BmuTutf,
Wbtt/>m/*7/AXtt/e, J7r,
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
National Phonograph Company,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favors of June 6th
and 7th, and thank you for the enclosures.
We note that you have referred some of the letters to
the Edison Manufacturing Company, because they contain orders for
goods not in our line, and we would be obliged if you would kindly?
notify them to guard against sending any price-lists or printed
matter, which might be a detriment to our business in ibreign
territory.
ne 8th. 1898. //A}0
We would also be obliged lif your office would kindly tak©
the. precaution against forwarding circulars or printed matter out¬
side of the United States and Canada.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) G. N. Mori son,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. ,T. June 13> 1898> •
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Mori son, Esq., Sec.,
27’ William St., New York.
Dear Siri-
We duly received your letter of the 8th inst., having-
reference to certain comnunications that we from time to time refer
to the Edison Manufacturing Co., in which prices, catalogues, etc.,
are asked for, for goods manufactured by - this concern . The
Edison Manufacturing Co., as we understand it, do not handle any¬
thing in the way of phonographs or apparatus sold by you, in your
territory, consequently, they are not in a position to furnish any
printed matter or prices, etc., as indicated in your communication.
So f r. as v.e are concerned, I can only sfty that thiB
Company does hot forward circulars* printed matter* prioes, or
anything of this kind anywhere except in the territory which they
own and control.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) w. E- Gilmore,
General Manager.
7?m>ir/#ufi J7wmuj& & flflbrnAent t$*cnta,n/.
$te/t/u>n- at 77/omrrt//, 7m JMmtory StirecfoK 7/{L//ry/t.fy„ "Zj'ff/ty JttnM,
Dear Sir:-
We are just in receipt of your cable of June lffth, and
have communicated the contents to Mr Searles at once.
We are glad to receive an additional order for 200 Type
4 Phonographs, that is the Large Edison Spring Motor, and we note
that we have the right to draw upon the Edison-Bell Consolidated
Phonograph Company, Limited, for the second half of their invoices,
but we have suggested to Mr Searles that await the arrival of
your letter for details.
We note also that you order 50 of Bettini best original
Records, and we understand from this that you want his best high
priceeLRecord8.-
We conclude that this order, by cable, is the result of
personally
cmy letter to you^of June 4th, but since writing that letter we
notified you June 7th, that we would ship the goods at the prices
fixed by you, they therefore went forward on the 11th of June, but
we notified you that Bettini made a mistake in shipping Duplicates
of the same record, that is two of each, but as the anount is snail
we let it
Jfo/l'iV S. Wmir/eiit. Se/iAWH & TfflttrrtAOW, (Mamta.ry.
$b/t/w» SHPlmarty I&> %**&#& SHmfo# Ukd/mfrP&&tt&* fimu,**
Under the ei rcumstanoes your present order for 50 Records
causes us to hesitate, but as you stipulate that you want the best
original Records, we have concluded to ship them, and the y will go
forward Saturday, June 18th, per Steamship "CAMPANIA" if they can
possibly get them off on that vessel.
Some of them are really beautiful, and Bettini has
promised to select them carefully himself from his choicest Records
We think this order for good records at this time, is
fortunate, because we are shipping you by the same vessel Five
Duplicating machines, and as these Records are masters, you can
make duplicates of them and increase your stock.
As already advised we have ordered Bettini to set up
complete one of these duplicating machines, and pack it with the
greatest possible care, so that you can see precisely how they
should be put together^ because too much importance cannot be
attached to the fact that they must be perfectly parallel, that is
to say the recording cylinder portion of the machine and the
reproducing cylinder portion must be in perfect allignment with
eadh other, they must not be out of true, the smallest fraction,
s some risk of the bed-pla'4e being broken, we
therefore
there ii
TiiWiert&om <$tens6»n/.
t&aUfrTM&ti/e, ,kc',.u„
LLIAM STREET,
'/lear\ Z/rsd^ _ M9
are sending you an extra bed-plate, fjpfee of cost.
If the bed-plate should be found brok'en, please be partic
lar that the machine is not unscrewed from the fragment until you
are thoroughly satisfied that you know precisely how to adjust the
two separate parts.
Kindly note that when you order goods by cable, such as
these 50 Records, that unless the price at which they are sold by
you to the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited,
is named in your cable, that we are unable to draw one-half the
cost, or to forward a draft at 40 days for the balance, unless we
know the price, and we mention this fact because Mr Searles objeots
to billing the goods to the London Office, because it" amounts to
advancing that sum of money to the London Office, and he says it
does not come back.
In view of our not knowing the price at which ttese
Records should be billed, we will withhold bill until we are in
thy
receipt of advices from you, as to how^should be invoiced.
In addition to the above goods, we will endeavor to for¬
ward on the same steamer some electrotypes of Bettini's things,
also he has lately completed a Micro -phonograph Reproducer to be
used on the HOME Phonograph, and the reproduction is excellent,
therefore as we are endeavoring to keep you supplied with any new
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things that come out, we are sending you one of these as a sample.
It cannot be use on the Standard Phonograph, and Bettini
says that machine is not strong enough, but I do not know how tru e
this may me, because he made this Reproducer, he says, at the re¬
quest of the National Phonograph Company, for use on the HOME
Phonograph, he also states that they told him that the Foreign
Company, would mast likely use a good many of the Homes, no doubt
this is quite true, because it is some time, weeks or perhaps sever<~6
months since he first had the idea of making a Reproducer for the
Home Phonograph.
Yours very truly,
ought to n°\ filing HOMES, but thought you
„ 1 Reproducer, arid know what they can do, and if thev
non^h-1 any ^ them in this country» in any quantity, you may
possibly have a demand for them over there.
<§te/i/tM‘ M pAmhrty, %£» %**"&»/<
J7/0H/M &/tAfW, & 7£77Umon/, $een&t*y.
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37 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. F, Mori arty, 'Esq.,
Ijond on, England .
Dear Sir:-
When your cable was received we forwarded a copy to Mr.
Sear lea, and he has advised us by letter this morning to make the*
Drafts upon the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited
at once, and to draw them in Pounds Sterling, but we wrote him
yesterday that . we thought it was not advisable to do so until the
details were received by mail, but this letter he hsd not received
when he nailed his letter to us yesterday, consequently I have
sent him the following telegram this morning.
WILL NOT DRAW DRAFTS UNLESS YOU INSIST MAY BE SOME
CONDITIONS.
MORI SON.
and I am awaiting his reply.
If the Drafts are drawn in Pounds sterling for the
equivalent of one-half of the invoices at therdte of exchange to-rty
day, the English Company may possibly object to paying the Drafts
which are not due most of them for from 6 to 34 days, and rate of
exchange when these Drafts mature may be quite at variance with
the rate at which we have figured the Pounds • sterling to-day,
pa .rti m Irrly during the3@ War* Ur'es.
KrM/eiif: SfMtmi & TtPhniWK SeentiMy.
'te/i/w,vk ?tiO/wr/i/, 7£» Zir.M.n/< .eMrtion, Sforccto* few***
(^yj/m/7/^
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
particularly during these war times, but the object of making the
Drafts in Pounds sterling is to enable Mr Searles to use them at
once and obtain credit in his account.
If this were not the case the best plan would be to
forward the Drafts in American currency which would compel the
Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company to pay their eqiivelent
into the Bank that holds the Drafts at the rate of exchange in
.London at their maturity, thus saving any possible loss to us
through difference in rate of exchange, and we would nett the
precise amount of our invoices, which may not be the case other¬
wise, if the Edison Bell object.
As stated before however we have written Mr Searles and
hope to be able to await your full advices by mail.
We realize that as this Company has no money, and Mr
Searles advances more to the Edison Phonograph Works and the
other, manufacturers for the cost of the goods to us than we receive
as a first payment from the Edison Bell, we have no right to demand
that he shall await the maturity of the Draft before receiving
back his advances, therefore if there is a loss of a few hundred
dollars, the Company will be obliged to stand it*
EDI SONIA, LIMITED,
25, 2? & 29, Banner Street,
St. Lukes, London,E.C.
June 17th. 1898.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary Gen¬
eral Meeting of the above named Company will be held at Edison House,
Northumberland Avenue, London, V. C. on Monday the 27th., day of June
instant at three o’clock in the afternoon, to receive the resignation
of Messrs. John M. Kelly, J. ?. Kelly, J. E. Hough and H. J.S. Hanning
as Directors of the Company, and to elect other Directors in their
place. A form of Proxy accompanies. Proxies must be deposited at
the registered offices of the Company, 25, 27 & 29; Banner Street,
Lonflon, E. C. not later than three o’clock on Friday, the 24th., of
June.
BI ORDER.
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
X think Grass means to do everything he can to aid us,
and I am on good terms with both the Father and the young son, who
is quite a bright young fellow, and I have just received a letter
from him dated June 15th, with som? enclosures, copies of which I
send you herewith.
Enclosed also is a copy of the receipt from the French
Patent Office, dated April 5th, 1898, the original of which I have
seen, and gives the number of the French Application, as 264,458.
Yoti will kindly note what Gress says in regard to allow¬
ing us to take out Patents in every other Country for his things,
on condition that we permit him to manufacture the goods for our
Orders and pay him $1.00 over the cost price of manuf acture, and he
will use his own tools, without any additional cost to us.
He has also agreed to show me the bills for all of the
goods he purchases, and give nre satisfactory evidence that the
wages, etc, are proper and paid, I refer to future orders.
Please understand also that we are expected to pay the
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37w. W//,),S$
MPfor&WK
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_ //£9_
cost of taking out the Patents, and Gress is to receive of course
in addition his Royalty, but it seems to me that no more advantage¬
ous arrangement could be made for the Countries, outside of those
embraced in the contract with him, such as Australia, for instance,
and if you- think it advisable, I will take up this matter with him
and take out Patents, in such Countries as you think desirable,
provided Mr Searles will pay for them, and I have no doubt he will,
but I have not yet mentioned this matter to him.
Do you not think it will strengthen our Company to own
these Patents in good Countries, take Russia for instance, if the
Patent laws are sufficiently protective there, and we emphasize
this Country also, because a letter has been written to Mr Gross,
a copy of which we also enclose, in regard to his Phonographs.
These Patents can only be taken out through Gress' lawyer
a Mr Stockman of Washington, whom I have met, but we get the
Patents, when issued..
Will you kindly give me your views at your early conven¬
ience.
This letter is written hasily, but I think you will
understand what I am driving at. .
[ENCLOSURE]
Manufacturing Department.
MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH 00,
1358 B'way.
Mr G. N« Morrison,
City.
Dear Sir:-
New York, June 15th, 1898.
I enclose you papers from Mr Stockman for your informa¬
tion. Please note and return. We are willing that you should!
take out papers for your protection and patents in the other
countries provided you agrSe to purchase the machines from us for
such countries, allowing us only a nominal profit of say about $1.
per machine which price is to cover the trouble in looking after
the manufacturing of same and the use of the tools.
If it wasn.t so terribly hot would come down an see you
but will be down in a day dir so . .
Yours truly,
(Signed.) M. V. Gress.
[ENCLOSURE]
■Electrical Inventions a specialty
CHAS J. STOCKMAN,
Solicitor of United States and
Foreign Patents.
Inventive Age Building,
Cor 8th and H Streets, N.W.
Morgan V. Gross, Esq.,
Vice President, Multiplex Phonograph Co.,
No. 1358 Broadway, New York City.
My Dear Mr Gress:-
Herein you will find official receipt of filing of the
application in France for your father's invention, which shows that
the number of the case is 264,458 and that it was filed in the
French office April 5th, 1898. This receipt is sent in compliance
with Mr. Morrison’s request.
I am in receipt of the official notice of the allowance of the
British case. The patent will issue June 30, 1898,
I also enclose letter which my foreign agent sent me from a
Russian concern, making inquiries about your invention. It might
be unwise to comply with their request for prospectus etc*, at
present, if you have any intention of taking out Russian patent
for the invention, as this concern might manipulate- things so as
to defeat your. right to Russian patent.
The matter of increasing the list of countries must be decided
in the very near future, particularly ifr.it is intended to take out
Australian patents. Kindly see Morrison and. have him decide
promptly or not he wants other patents. I will take pleasure in
quoting.
A Copy of any U.S. Patent
sent to any address for 10c
and a 2c. stamp.
Washington, D.C. June 14, 1898.
[ENCLOSURE]
Fabrik und Lager
Photographischer Utensilien
BRUNO SAENGER & CO.
St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, d 18/30 April 1898
Nevsky Prosp.No. 25-1
V e r 1 a g.
Photographischer Bucher.
Telegramm-Adresse BRUSAENCO -PETERSBURG.
George Valentine Gress, Esqre.,
Ill Hatton Garden,
Londo n.
Sir,
By the present we request you to
send us your price-lists anf to make us an offer in your Phonograph
stating the highest discount you are allowing to the trade.
Are the phonographs of your own manufactury or
are they made in U.S. of N. America. We would like to learn some
particulars about the improvements in phonographs.
Awaiting your news, we remain, Sir,
Yours respectfully,
p.p. Bruno Saenger & Co,
[ENCLOSURE]
(Cabt. du Frefet, No. 15 A.)
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
Le 5 Avril 1898 M. Marsat
pour M. Grass,
a^depose au secretariat
ge’neral de la Prefectu r
2 BUREAU
(Extrait De La Loi du 5 Juillet 1844. /
ART, 8, 11 et 14. ) PREFECTURE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE
La duree du brevet courra BREVETS D' INVENTION.
"du Jour du depot prescrit par
’’Particle 5" BULLETIN DE DEPOT
^Les brevets dont la demands aura
"ete regulierement formes seront
"delivres sans examen prealable.aux
risques et perils des demandeurs, et
sans garantie, soit de la realite,
de la nouveaute ou du merits de
1' invention , soit de la fidelite
"ou de Inexactitude de la description sous le No. 264458 un'
"Un arrete du ministre, constatant paquet cachets, contenant,
"la regulante de la demands sera souivane sa declaration, la
delivre au demandeur.et constituera delamde d’u n JfHK
le brevet d'invention. BREVET D’ INVENTION Avec les
"A cet arrete sera joint le dupli- pieces a I’appui
"cata eertifie de la description et / - ",
des dessins, apres que la conformitS /SORTI ‘
avec 1’ expedition originals en aura
6te reconnue et etablie au besoin.
"La premiere expedition des brevets
"sera d^livree sans frais.
"Touts expedition ulterieure,
"demandee par le brevets ou ses
"ayants cause, donnera lieu au
paiement d'une taxe de 25 francs. -
Les frais de dessins, s’il y a lieu
demeureront S la charge de l*impe-
trant .
"Un decret insere au Bulletin des
"lous, proclamera touB les trois mois
les brevets delivres."
^NOTA.
Le deposant oonservera ce bulletin
et le representera avec la lettre
d’avis qu'il recevra de la Prefec¬
ture pour le retrait du brevet.
Les brevets sont delivres aux signa-
taires du proges-verbal, sur leur
decharge, ou a' leurs mandataires
NOMINATIVEMENT constitues et porteurs
d’un pouvoir special®
LONDON, 20-Kh. June 1898
Dear Sir,
In furtherance of our previous communication we now have
pleasure in sending you the accompanying case together with the
documents mentioned therein. We shall be favoured if you will
give the matter your early attention. We think it desirable that
you should search for the purpose of ascertaining in what names
the Patents stand and whether any XKJOiias entry has been made at
the Patent Office regarding the charge upon- the Patents to which
our clients are entitled by virtue of the provisions of clause 2
of the accompanying agreement. When we have received your
opinion we may have to ask you to communicate with the German Com¬
pany. Unless our clients are satisfied that the business would
be vigour ously pushed they would probably prefer to come to some
arrangement whereby they nay gXXTOi resume immediate possession •
of the patents with a view to placing thorn in other hands. They
however desire in the first instance to ascertain the precise na¬
ture of their position both under the Agreement & as Shareholders
in the German Company.
If you require any further information, kindly cable for same
as the matter is an urgent one.
Yours faithfully,
(Sd) Riddell, Vaizey & Smith.
Messrs Albert Traegor & Hugo Horrwitz,
Behren Strasso 54 11, Berlin W.
LONDON, 20th. June 1898
Dear Sir,
We have to inform you that our clients are now prepared
to execute the order contained in your letter under date 22nd
April last for One hundred machines, type 2, and one Bettini re¬
producer and r ecorder the price for the No: 2 machines to be is
dollars f .o.b. New York as stated by you. We do not appear to
have any instructions as to the price of the Bettini machine but
will communicate with our clients upon that subject. The No: 2
machines are ready for delivery and if you will instruct your
Agents in New York to that effect they can receive the Bill of
Lading in exchange for the price of the machines. If there are
any other orders outstanding please favour us with particulars of
them. Our clients state that they are not aware that any such
exist.
This order will be fulfilled without prejudice to any of
the questions outstanding between the American Company and the
German Company. Our clients have no desire to impede the busi¬
ness. They reserve to themselves the right to enforce any of the
provisions of the agreement of which there may have been a breach
on “Hie part of your Company. On hearing that you have made the
necessary remittance to New York the No: 2 macliines will be shippe
If you desire to expedite the delivery you can cable us on the re¬
ceipt of this letter.
We have now had an opportunity of making an examination
of the balance sheets which have been rendered.
Our clients are very dissatisfied with the manner id
German Agents to advise us and if necessary to communicate with
you upon the subject.
lours truly,
(Sd) Kiddell, Vaiaey & Smith.
Ludwig Stollwerch Esq.
LONDON 20th. Juno 1398
Dear Sir,
Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company Ld.
VTe have now had an opportunity of obtaining Hr Moriarty's
instructions upon your favour under date 14th inst. He is not
prepared to accept the terms which you mention, if you have any
alternative proposition to suggest we shall be happy to submit it.
Any compromise arrived at would of course involve a settlement
of all outstanding questions. In oxir previous letter we should
have added a clause containing this provision. Kindly pardon the
omission.
Without prejudice
Wo are, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
(Sd) Hidden, Vaizey & Smith
E.P. Coates Esq.
New York, June 21 et, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Your letter of June 11th, with copy of Personal
letter to Mr Searles of June 10th, is duly received.
I am very glad indeed to hear that you are likely to get
your money from the Seligmans, and I shall take pleasure in doing
everything in my power to facilitate the matter, when you advise
me that you are ready to take it up.
J
Your letter to Mr Searles, is very reassuring, and if^was
only well, I should like to take up seme Of the matters referred to
with him.
I hope you will be successful in regard to the Stollwerck
Account. I have not had time to go over your letter of June 11th
with sufficient care relating to the Deutsche Edison Phonographen
Gesell schaft, but he is really an impossible man to do business witX.
as you state.
DeCastro has just shown me the new small Phonograph,
which Bettini has gotten out, and the model of which has been made
by the Graphophone people. He says the model costs him $250.
but from what I can learn, they figure the cost in quantities at
about $3.50, and that it will probably be put on the market at $12.
It reproduces beautifully, and the diaphragm is automatic
in fact it is the best small machine I have ever seen, but of
course it infringers our Patents for engraving on wax, notwithstand
ing this however, there will no doubt be a great many of them sold
-2-
and DeCastro has been to see Prescott and Stevens, and has shown
them the model.
X wanned him that those people were infringers of our
territory, but you probably know as well as we, that nothing we can
do, will prevent these machines going to foreign territory, unless
we can make some sort of an arrangmant with Bettini in regard to
£cra£/'T&- IV&+/AJ
this particular machine ,.and?fre felt do disposed, we could do so
l//*** I Ct
now, /land /he would even go abroad, if we paid his expenses, and you
could deal with him there, if you thought it was worth while.
We can handle Bettini no doubt to our staisfaction, as
things stand at present, and in view of our Agreements with him,
but my own opinion is that it will not benefit us to antagonize
him, because, we can do more on the other tack, but you may not
care to bother with it in any way, shape or manner.
I felt a little put out to-day, when DeCastro cane in
with this machine, because your Brother was here, and I showed
him the machine, but he did so much talking about everybody and
everything in the business, and told DeCastro that somebbdy was
getting out a cheap machine here to sell for a Dollar, and that
they didnot care for the Patents, that they would put a hundred
thousand of them out, and fight the Patents afterwards.
You know Mr Moriarty, that when we have such relations
with Bettini, as we have at present, to have such matter as this
stirred up, and other things discussed, such as the manufacturing
of Bettini's little machine at the Phonograph Works, when we do not
care tomdiscunn . . /
-3-
“a1'6 t0 diS°USS that matter now, it is annoying, and causes n* so,
anxiety, but_d.o_not writs your Brother anythin* about. beoause
we cannot help these things sometimes, and X do not want anything
that will make him feel more uncomfortable about the business.
It is a pity that when I would like to show him some
things at times, that I am afraid to on account of the reckless
way in which he talks.
Yourje very truly,
Sb/t/en- at 7/ionaffy. 7<m Mm>/ch/i
Jfimttajtf Si/mwi-.
t$,i//w/,MX-a/f, ,7X*um*
'I LLI AM STREET.
S. F. Mori arty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
. I have just returned from the factory where the Multiplex
Phonographs are being manuf actured, and the work seems to be pro¬
gressing in a very satisfactory manner.
X saw the different parts in detail, and I do not think
a better machine couihd be turned out, although I have not of course
yet seen a completed machine set up.
Many of the parts are completed for the whole order, some
of them, three and four hundred, so that after the first delivery,
they will come along very rapidly.
The rooms for setting up the machines, testing them, etc,
UffiXl/-
are in a storage warehouse, where shelves have been placed, «tM thgj
require, besides being dry, and clean.
There have been a number of little improvements trade on
the machine, and one important improvement, which makeB the five
revolving cylinders operate with certainty, this is a very impor¬
tant matter, as the model which you have, and which is identical
with the mathines Mr Gross puts out in America, require constant
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
attention of a man to ikepp them in order, which of course you will
realize is an expense in the automatic business, which we are en¬
deavoring to obviate entirely, in the machines , which we propose
to ship, and the various little improvements, Mr Gress has paid
for himself, because he realizes the importance to him of perfect¬
ing his machine, and in the hope of future orders.
In regard to future orders for Multi pie xs, if after you
receive the first shipments, you find the machines satisfactory,
and they are likely to need any more bf them, ifc"would be a benefit
to us to let us have the order, before we have completed the present-
order, as the men have become accustomed to the work now, and they
can be built cheaper, and we will receive an advantage, if the
order is placed soon and they can continue right along with the
work.
I regret that it is simply impossible to get off any
machines on June 25th, but they will work night and day to try
to ship a few, say 25 on steamer sailing June 29th, and I did soma
effective work this morning at the factory in urging every one to h
their utmost endeavors.
New York, June 23rd, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I believe that young Gresa is a more reliable man,
than anyone who have had dealings with^ heretofore in the Phonograph
business, and his Father relies upon hifa to awery great extent,
and what he says generally goes, therefore I have cultivated his
acquaintance, and while he looks for further business from us, for
he is a thoroughly business young fellow, yet he has not sought
to deceive me, and I am in hopes ©^-turning him to some advantage
for the Company, indeed he has aided us already, and I have notified
him that Prescott is an injury to iour business, and sells pirate
machines, the result of this is, that a day o t two ago, he received
an inquiry from Prescott for Multiplex Phonographs, which he said
it was Prescott's intention to ship abroad, but he put the price so
high, that Prescott did not purchase, and he wrote him a very stiff
letter besides.
Now what I want to do is, to induce Mr Gress to sign a
letter or a short Agreement which will give us the right to have a
voice in the policy he may adopt for the sale of his machines in the-^
United States, and if I had ai other order for Multiplex*, it would
aid me in getting something for nothing, in addition to which we
will be able to make Multiplex Machines as cheap as anybody on
future orders, with the Advantage of any improvements Gress may
make.
In regard to improvements, he has spent a couple of hundred
dollars
dollars in improving the machine already, andi to show you that he
is acting fairly, when our Agreement was made, Mr Gress Jr,
inibrmed me that the Return Device, was inclined in the Patents
sold us, and he believed this to be the case, gut found afterwards
that his Father did not own that Patent, but it was owned by a man
by the name of Dennis.
He has recently hunted this man up, and after some
negotiation, he purchased the Patent out of his own money, and
after he had secured it, informed me of the transaction, because
as he said, he did not wish me to think that he had bought it,
with the view of making something additional out of us, furthermore
he said he would write a letter which I suggested should be filed
with our Agreement to the effect that we shall have the benefit of
this Patent, without any additional cost to us, which I expect to
receive, but there may be a condition, that if we do no business in
Multiplexs, and want that Patent, that he should expect us to pay
him what it cost.
I am also endeavoring to get a sample of the small
Multiplex machine, of which they only have a single model now, and
the Father has promised to have one made for me, as well as a sample--
of hiB weight-motor machine, but young Gress offered the opinion
that he thought it would not be good policy on the part of the
English Company to put out in England any of these weight-motor
machines until the demand for the present type of Multiplex Auto¬
matic machines began to wane, and there may be somp good business
sense in this.
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London, England.
Dear Sir:- ORDER for TYPE 6 PHONOS: with BKTTIHI ATTACHMENTS.
Your favor of June 15th, has somewhat disconcerted us,
as we have already placed an order with Bettini for the Micro¬
phonograph Outfits complete, listed at $46.00, and 50 of them are
packed, and in the Express office, 1-nt addition you twill notice
that our contract stipulates Outfits, and tills was due to the fact
that your order, and cable of May 18th, specified 'Outfits listed
at $46.
In consequence of this letter, I cabled you that we would
not be aole to s hip the goods, but since then, I called early this
morning at Bettini's office, and agreed upon the following.
First, That we should keep the 50 Outfits, already packed
and they will go forward on the Steamship "UMBRIA" sailing June
25th, with as many of the clockmotor machines for them, which the
Works will be able to ship, there is however a chance of their not
getting them into us from Orange, in time to go with the attach¬
ments, but we hope to. accomplish this, if not however they will
go on the following steamer.
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Second, When youtforder for Typ'e 6, was received by us, the
writer decided not to give the whole order to Bettini at once,
because he thought it might be useful to have a reeerve order for-
contingencies, and in view of this fact, I stated to Bettini this
morning that I would give him an additional order for 100
Reproducers, if he would change our present orderrfor 250 Outfits,
less the fifty, I have agreed to accept, and make the order for
Reproducers instead.
to Bettini
This will make now a total order, ^after deducting the
shipment of Outfits on the UMBRIA, of 300 Reproducers.
Kindly note however, that in ordering the portion of
your order for Type 6, which is made by the Phonograph Works, I
made the order for 350 at the start, so that the Works, should not
delay us in the manufacture of their goods, but they are very slow
notwithstanding, in turning them out.
Third, Bettini has completed 250 or more Outfits,
which we could ship at once, but we cannot get all of the order
of the Phonograph Works, for their portion to go with them, but
will hurry them forward as rapidly as possible, although your
letter of June 15th, states that you do not wish anymore Outfits
shipped, or machines of Type 6, as we take it until we receive
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June 22nd, June 23rd, from which we understand that you want shipp'
immediately 250 of Type 6, as well as all other big Types, asd will
act upon thi3 latter understanding.
Fourth, Mr Bettini having made up the complete Outfits
in conformity with our original order, and with our Agreement, he
was very loath , indeed to cut off $1,440 worth of this order,
is to say for 200Attachments at $7.20 each, we arrive at these
figures in the following manner.
250 Outfits listed at $46.00 11,500.
Less 50 shipped, which we agreed to accept
at $46. 2. 300,
Balance equals 200 Outfits at $46. 9,200.
Bettini agrees to change remainder of above
order to 200 Reproducers at $34. list 6.800.
2,400
40 % off 960.
This balance represents the reduction on 1,440.
the order to Bettini.
Bettini has agreed to the above reduction, and to change
the order to Reproducers, provided that we order the whole 350
Reproducers shipped within three months from the date of the
original order, which 1 have agreed to.
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27 W I LLI AM STREET,
Mr Bettini stated to me that he sells very few Reproduoer-p
alone, and that as he has made up all of the goods for our order,
the Recorder portion of the Outfit, is a loss to him, because he
never sells Recorders alone, on account the difficulty of adjusting
to the other portion of the Outfit, as they are not always inter¬
changeable, but I am sending you a couple of gauges or whatever he
calls them to enable you to adjust the outfits correctly, and Mr
Abbott, who has been with Mr Bettini a good while, stated to me
that therr is some difficulty in adjusting a Recorder to the
attachment, unless you had the particular Recorder that belongs to
a certain attachment, that is the back-rod sleeve, because the
smallest kind of a fraction of irregularity in the little square
holes that the Reoorder fits into in the back rod attachment,
would mar more or less the perfection of the Record, therefore if
you should fifid this t o be the case, and the Recorders do not inter
change perfectly in the 50 complete Outfits that we are sendii® you
you had better be careful, tax'- note when you take them out of the?
boxes the particular back-rod sleeve attachment, that belongs to
that particular Recorder, as we understand that you intend to do
this, and deliver only Reproducers to the English Company, notwith-
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Ste/Jtm Jt 7/fonbrty. fa, .aftovy m*d** 4 ,7™.
standing the fact that m are obliged to ship the first lot as 50
coraple te Outfit s.
Yours very truly,
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Secretary.
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M LLI AM STREET,
S. P, Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Your Brother informs me that Russell Hunting, has been
working for months upon a cable Code for the Phonograph and Grapho-
phone business, and that Easton has ordered 30,000 of them, and
the National Phonograph Company, 20,000.
This Code is not out yet, and it has necessitated
interviewing the different Cable Companies, in order that it may
not interfere with other Codes, but it will cover everything in
connection with the Phonograph business, and every complete
machine and every screw, also Records, and Blanks.
These Codes to be sold singly for 25 cents each, arc!
theyaare to be used, no doQbt for flooding the foreign territory,
because that is where the greatest part of the business in
America, is done, although it can be used for telegraphing in
America, though ' the re is not the same necessity.
Your Brother informs me that a man here told him that he
can buy Phonographs from the National Company, and will sell them
to him at 50£ off, but any sale to him at that price, would be at
cost, and a i'avor*
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The National Phonograph Company, insist that their great¬
est discount to anyone is 40 % off, but I will have to look further
into this.
Your Brother does not give me the name of the party, and
he uses his own judgement in regard to this.
Yours very truly.
Secretary,
P.S. The Works are working on a new Phonograph, which I em told
is to be listed at $15.00, it will shave, record, and reproduce,
a clock-motor.
The Phonograph Works, seemed surprised that we do not sell any.
of the HOME type of Phonograph, they say they sell a great many of®
them, and that the STANDARD does not seem to have affected their
sales, but of course you will realize that the STANDARD is the
newest machine, and has not been advertised,^
Would it not be well for the Edison-Bell to order some of
these for use in Australia, and such Countries, and if they do,
state whether they would like to have their name on them.
The Phonogcope mailed you last week, by your Brother give
an advertisement of it, and an article on the subject.
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27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
S. F, Moriarty, 'Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly note that we have forwarded Drafts, aggregating
a total of $11,140. in accordance with our recent cable to you
announcing the Drafts had been negotiated, which means that Drafts
or Bills of Exchange drawn on the Edison-Bell Consolidated Company
have been sold, covering all shipments to June 11th.
Mr Searles stated that he would not advance any more
money, and has not permitted me to place the orders received from
you for 200 Type 4 Phonographs, dated June 15th, and 2,000 Tin
Funnels dated June 15th, the first having been cabled, but your
advice of June 15th, as above cabled has just came to hand.
We sent you yesterday a copy of letter written Mr Searles
asking for $2,500 for Gress, and the reasons given in that letter
were supplementary to a letter written Mr Searles two days before
asking for that check, as I consider it important that we should
have it, in order to enable us to hurry forward the machines, and
the reason X went so much into detail was to show to Mr Searles
that I thought Grass could be of some servuce to us, and thereby
give an additional reason for his advancing the jnoney.
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We are just in receipt of a letter from Mr Searleo, in
which he has declined to give me the §2,500. until we receive a
further remittance from you, and payment to the Works and for other
things now depends also upon our realizing upon Drafts, which we
expect to continue drawing for each invoice we ship for the second
half, and hope to receive quickly a remittance from you, from which
we can draw for the first half of the invoices.
We cannot be without money if the English Company want
the goods hurried forward, and you will doubtless realize that
when we give out a contract, such as Gress' for Multiplex, that tig
factory in most of the parts will complete the full thousand before
they are able to assemble any, I refer to such parts as are turned
out by machine work, therefore it takes money, and this is a large
order.
I am writing this hastily just before the closing of tu
mail, so please do not criticise, as I am just trying to give you
some idea.
If you can send us a little money before waiting for the
250 of each of the large Types, why send it on, and then you will
realize that we are making no money on flo. 2, and we are practical*
Jt>/m <£. <£cm'h). MauMtX &/Airm & ^<W«« sBrw^
paying cash for them, notwithstanding all this however, I have
written to Mr Searles, that we must trynto finance the machine
account.
I have not heard from the Works yet about the tin lined
Please remember that the 4th of July is a holiday, next
Monday.
Yourw very truly,
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/^y/r^^June 27th. 1398. //$$_
S. S’. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England,
Dear Sir:-
We cabled you to-day asking you whether you thought itm
would be advisable to take out Patents for the Multiplex in other
foreign countries.
We realize that we own Patents which would 'in all probabil¬
ity enable us to prevent the use of these machines in certain
countries, but the Patents are running out, and there are no end of
small types of Phonographs on the market, but there has not yet
appeared a Phonograph of the type of the Multiplex, and Mr Gross,
as you are aware has a small type, which I think our Company can
find a place for at the proper time, and I would like very much
to be able to preserve a monopoly for this type of machinee, it>r I
think it will take, not only for the slot business, but ultimately
as a commercial machine, therefore please give me the benefit of
your views in the matter at your early convenience.
It seems to us that it will be an advantage to own Patent®
for this Type of machine in other Countries than those referred to
ih our agreement’ with the Multiplex Phonograph Co. and the Patent
for Great Britain will probably be issued about the 30th of June,
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LLIAM STREET,
therefore a law which I believe is a new law, provides that a
United States Patent will not be issued unless it is applied for
within I think seven months from the date of the issuance of tai
British Patent, and the granting of Patents in foreign countries
are controlled by the date of the English Patent with modificar
tions for different countries.
For instance the 1 aw in relation to the Australian Colonial
permits the filing of an application until the disclusure of the
invention in the Colonies, that is to say the British Patent Office
notify their Colonies when a Patent is issued, but we are not sure
whether the notification is made immedeately upon the issuance of
the Patent, or whether they wait until they get a batch of Patents
before they notify their coolonies.
If this is strictly true, and wo desire to file an applies
tion in any or all of the Colonies of Australia, we would be
limited to the time of iheir notification of the granting of tils'
Patent in Great Britain for the Multiplex.
The cost would be about $100. for each Colony, or each
Patent, for for instance South Australia, West Australia, Hew
Zealdnd, etc.
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27 WILLIAM STREET,
Norway & Brazil, are two other Countries, which would be’
effected by the date of the granting of the British Patent, but
other Countries would give us more time, but of these I will know
more about later.
PLEASE DO NOT IMAGINE THAT WE ARE STIRRING UP ANYTHING
UNDULY IN THIS CONNECTION. The inforimtion is given me voluntarily
by Mr Stockman, who is Gress' Patent Lawyer, and he has an axe to
grmg in wishing us to take out as many Patents as possible through
him, which we would be obliged to do in any Multiplex matter, but
W-1 and have not yet even spoken of it to Mr Searles.
This Mr Stockman , I think, will do what is right by us,
and will include everything possible in the Patent*, and ittwill not
be long before we get the British Patent in our own hands.
I BELIEVE I AM CORRECT IN EVERYTHING I HAVE STATED IN
THIS LETTER, but I will try to confirm it by a later mail, I refer
particularly to that portion relating the law on patents.
Yours very truly,
Secretary,
New York, June 27th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Your Personal and Confidential letter of June 16th,
is just to hand, and I note that you are trying to get another
Order for 400 of Type 4, 16 Cylinder Clock-motor Machines, this is
very gratifying indeed, and I will do my utmost to push the work
along, but you will realize how exasperating it is to have orders,
and not be able to place them, because we have not the money on
deposit to pay for them, and Mr Searle s will not let me order the
goods, until we have, but I am cabling you to-day, asking whether
we can draw at sight for the first half of the shipments, and at
40 days for the second half, which would fix things all right.
The reason I cabled was because your cables to us of
June 22nd, 23rd, 24th, seem to really counteract your instructions
in your letter of June 16th, to me relating to Drafts!
We have no trouble negotiating the Drafts, which are
drawn to the order of Mr Searles, but they should be drawn to the
order of "ourselves", and endorsed fey the Company to Mr Searles,
but it is not a matter of real importance.
The Edison-Bell must be much surprised at the business
you are working up for them, and I should think they were really
under obligations to grant almost anything you ask.
The cost of the Type 4 machines, to us, for tte order of
200 will be $30.00 f.o.b. New York, and if I !had the order for 400
so that I could put it in at the same time, 1 thihk I could get a
reduction in th«&price, but Gilmore will not grant it on the 200.
All this business certainly should have its influence in
the quotation on the Stock Exchange for the Preferences and
Debentures, also in the negotiation of the Continental Company,
as you suggest.
X am doing my very utmost to get these big machines off,
including the Multiplex, but notwithstanding the fact that the
Cabinets were shipped on the 16th of June from the West, they did
not arrive here until June 25th,, and this has delayed our shipment
of these machines, but you cannot turn machines out by majic, and I
am after them all the time.
They will come however fast enough as soon as they get
started.
Mr Searles is improving, and doing more business, but he
has not come to town yet, and I want to have a talk with him as
soon as possihle I
I note your wish for the latest improvement in everything
and I will send you a barrel of the best standard Records, probably
by Saturday's steamer.
I have alreadjr shipped you Bettini Records, and written
you very fully in regard to Bettini.
Please note that when you order a barrel of Records, or
any other small order of this kind, we understand that it is for
samples or for use by the London Offioe, therefore we bill it direct."
to you, and not to the English Company, although Mr Searles objeots
to my ordering goods unless, we can be paid for thejn, but the last
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few orders of this kind that I have made for Records, Horn, and
other things, I have done so on my own responsibility, ard X do not
know what he will say, when I ask him to pay the bills.
Yours very truly,
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p,s’ In your personal letter to Mr Searles dated June 16th, you
state that if you get an order for 400 more Large Spring Morots
Type 4, it will nett a total of 900 machines.
I make it as follows.
First order . 150.
Second Order . 200
Prospective order . 400
Total. 750
New York, June 28th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
I am duly in receipt of your Personal letter of June
16th, in relation to your Brother acting for you under certain
conditions, as Agent for the sale of Phonographs, which I have duly
noted, and also note that you will confirm this letter officially
by a later mail.
I will do everything in my power to aid him in the
matter, and try to get some of the business, which goes through
Commission Merchants to foreign territory, but please give me your
views also in regard to any sales he cay make or have the opportunist/
of making for other countries than those controlled by the Edison-
BeH Company, because he will meet with inquiries.
You refer in your letter to Central America a«l Mexico,
neither of these Countries appear in the Prospectus of the Edison-
Bell Consolidated Phonograph Company, Limited, and we have the
Patents for Mexico in our safe.
We wrote you a mail or two back in regard to the prices
paid by J. H. Bunnell & Co., and others for machines, and the price
at which they were selling them, also some price-lists which will
give you the prices at which all Phonograph goods are sold in New
York, and we presume that in fixing the prices cat which your Brother
will be permitted to sell, you will take all this into account.
4s we have stated J. H. Bunnell & Co., give one -third off
ln lots of 10» and we Presume that they will give a better discount
in large quantities, although we have been advised by the National
Phonograph Company, that their maximum discount is 40#, but your
Brother will have an opportunity in all probability of ascertaining
whether ihis statement can be relied upon, and our object in call¬
ing your attention to these fhcts is that you may not fix the price
too high, because if you do, ho will not sell any goods.
How to handle this territory seems a rroblem, because we
know that the English Company get better prices than the goods are
sold by pirates here for export, but he will get into it, and we
will meet the occasion when it comes, and use whatever influence we
may have or can obtain through Mr Searles in securing if possible
the co-operation of Mr Edison.
I note all the details in your letter, and particularly
that you do not wish the mention of his name or anyone else in
connection with the matter, other than the Edison United Phonograph
Company. •
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London, England, '
Dear Sir:-
I regret to say that no Multiplex are^yet shipped, but
shipments will commence next week, and after that will come rapidly
You have no idea of the work and difficulties met with
in getting out this order for Multiplex, and you must realize that
no very great quantity of these machines had been manufactured
until we placed our order, in addition to which the manufacturers
have found faults in tools and patterns, which had to be corrected,
and cost them at least $800. for tools which they had not calculate
on, and they are makix®- no money on the order, yet they are giving
the work precedence over everything else, and I have been over
there numbers of times, and know that they are doing their utmost.
The improvements which appear in the first machines we
will send! you, I think can be still further improved upon, and I
have called the attention of Mr Gross, Seniqr, to two or three
little thngs, and think he will succeed in removing these little
ob je ctions.
There has also been an improvement made in the slot
mechanism, in the present mechanism, a fault exists in the fact
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that if a man happens to drop a 'second penny in the slot, before
. and run the battery out
the first penny is ejected it is liable to block the machine, A and
this fault we think is remidied, although the correction may not
be made on the first shipment or two.
There are one or too other little things in connection
with the slot, which will make it more reliable, and no trouble or
expense has been spared in trying to make these machines perfect.
Yours very truly.
Secre tar y.
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s. F. Mori arty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
i-JSSL
Mr Searles states that the Fidelity and Deposit Company
are writing him again insisting upon an immediate settleirent of
the E. U. P. Co., as he expresses it, and requested us to cable yoUj,
This Fidelity Company demand a statement of the standing
of this Company, its assets and liabilities, in accordance with
their form, and we do not wish to give them a report of the condi¬
tion of this Company as it stands at present^ and have been delayirtf
the matter in the hope that the £40,000. of preferences and deben¬
tures would be sold, but it looks as if they would insist upon it
very shortly.
The telegram however that was sent to-day, we hope will
enable Mr Searles to give them a satisfactory reply, and put the
matter off until we can hear from you by letter, with the inftorma*
tion asked for and an exact statement, as to what this Compaiy owns
at this date in the Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd.,
and the value of such assets, and if any liabilities, a statement
of these.
We do not understand how younwill be able to use the Large
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Spring motors with Bettini Reproducers, unless you have some horns
as no other horn than the Bettini horn fits it, unless you are
having them made there, which would probably deprive us of any
ft >i
Bettini charges extra for the Horns on every order.
Yours very truly,
Secretery.
New York, July 5th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly in receipt of your Personal letter of June 24th
with copy of letter to Mr Searles of same date, and note contents.
I thirds the prospect for the future looks very encouraging
and I feel inspired to do everything X possibly can to aid you in
making the Company a success, in fact I have been working very hard
indeed, with a good deal of worry about everything, and a great
deal of anxiety about money matters, because Mr Searles is not
disposed to let me draw against the £5,000. which you sent him
April 22nd, the currency value of which is $24,187.50, and as the
Phonograph Works, and Gress and Bettini all need money,, and we want
to get the goods off promptly, it requires a good deal of manage¬
ment to make them wait for their money when bills are past due, and
at the same time, keep them interested in pushing the orders along,
because you will realize that we pay these people more money than
we receive for the second half of the invoices we draw for, and
the _5?rSt/.half bas n0t b0sn Paid* 80 1 Pay one man his bill and
make^until we get another Draft, and then pay the second fellow,
and .make the first one wait, gradually creeping up and gaining
a /ittle more time all the while, and in. this way we have succeeded
so far in working out the problem, but the Works are now calling
for the remainder of the first invoices which were shipped, and I
do not know at this writing how we will'con* out, but I will do the
Grass wanted some money which I could not give to him,
which I regret, but do not bother about the matter, as I realize
you have done everything possible to make another remittance.
I note that you seem to have been mislead by one of our
cables asking for money, but the cable was sent as directed by Mr.
Searles, and I thought you would understand that it referred to the
money in the Western National Bank, as the £5,000. had been with¬
drawn by Mr Searles, April 23rd, and we have not counted upon it,
or at least could not get any of it, and as I wrote you, I placed
the matter fully before Mr Searles.
I am glad to hear you have been so successfully with the
Continental Company, I know full well, what wonderful things you
have accomplished over there, and I appreciate now better than ever
the difference in the methods of doung business, and the difference
in the character of a foreigner and an American.
I enclose in this letter a Stamp Tax Table, showing what
it c o st 8 to forward Drafts, this is the new lawto help pay for this
war, and it amounts to a good deal when you realize that we stamp
every Bill of Lading, every Check or Draft, every Receipt, every
cable, etc.
Will you kindly refer to the Company's letters to you of
June 10th, and I believe a later date in regard to stamping the
name of the Edison-Bell Company upon the Speakers.
I wrote you at some length at this time, and called your
attention to the fact that the Works would discontinue stamping the
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name of the National Company, but would substitute instead, the
Edison Phonograph Works on all Speakers, and thus avoid the necessi^*
of stamping some of tiiem for the National and soma of them for the
Edison-Bell, and for other Companies perhaps, but we gave you all
the points, and would like to hear from you, as they will not dis¬
continue stamping the National Company, until they know our wishes*
Will you kindly note that we have lately shipped you two
shipments of Musical Records from Bettini, one barrel of Records
purchased from the National Company at 20 cents each, and we are
ordering some Horns and extra parts for the Bettini attachments.
All of these orders have come from you, we believe
personally, or rather for our Company, could you not give us
prices so that we can bill them to the Edison-Bell, and collect
payment, otherwise we pay for them here, and get nothing in return.
I mention this because Mr Searles objects to paying for
goods for which we do not receive payment, and I expect to have aom<L,
criticism from him in regard to some of these bills, which I mailed
last night to him, asking for Cheoks, as I ordered the goods without-
consulting him, as X was afraid that he would at least delay the
shipments.
While at Bettini' s office this morning, X noticed some
little attachments which fit over the mouth of the Bettini attach¬
ments, reducing them to the size of the ferrules of the ordinary
speaking and hearing tubes and Speakers, so that by putting one of
these things on a Bettini attachment, you can attach the ordinary
hearing tubes, and are independent of the big Bettini horns.
I an sending you two dozen of these, which are listed at
60 cents each, and it seems to me that you could make quite a
feature of this in talking up the sale of these goods, as it
enables you to use the Bettini attachment with eifeher the Bettini
horns or the ordinary Horns, or tubes.
Bettini has not gotten 0ff some of the extra goods that
I have ordered, as he could not get them from the manufacturer, but
they will be sent as Boon as possible. With kind regards to Mrs.
Moriarty and yourself.
Yours very truly,
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Mrtaori/ Sh'm/mr'
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My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
I have carefully read all your letters up to
and including that of .the 24th. of June and X am. sorry to see that up
to date you have he On unable to consummate the sale of the Preference'
shares and so relievo tho Company from embarrassment.
I have been followed to tho privacy of my country place.
Where I am seeking strength and recuperation , by the officers of the
Fidelity Company, insisting upon a statement showing the position of
•the E. U. P. Co., A statement showing the situation as it stands to¬
day would be disastrous and I have been on one pretext and another
fighting the matter off daily hoping to hoar from you with a remit¬
tance.
I believe what you state in your latter, that, you have done
all you could to -this end. It simply remains that it is unfortunate
wo are placed in this position.
Now concerning the financing of the orders of the London
Company, the position in which Mr. Annin has placed you is unfortunate
and extremely uncomfortable here. The £3,000 which you first remit¬
ted was remitted ..to tho Western National Bank to be drawn against one-
half the invoice and was exhausted in that form of drafts some time
Tho £5,000 which you remitted was in response to my letter,
stating .that, we had been obliged to advance in order to get machines
jfa/i/ii. S. H-aic/eiit:
of 7>ie Zirju7e»/i
djiafoetr/t
$.M7?tw7ri0m Seavta/nj.
27 Wl LLIAM STREET.
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$11,600. to Edison and .that we ought to^ljayo for advancos of this kind
a remittance from London. I understood that tha £5,000 was to cover
advances of this kind and think 1 so wrote you on receipt of .the money.
We have paid, regardless of the delivery of machines, $11,500
to Edison and $5,000. additional to Gross and Mr. Morison is tagging
mo for $3,500. more for Grass in order to facilitate his tusinoss, he
having bought new machines to economize the cost of tha phonographs
thereby .
Then we gave $3,500. to Be.ttini, for which you secured, how¬
ever,- a special remittance.
When wo have shipped the first 5,000. of the No. 3., we
shall have recovered $5,000. of the $11,500. through the difference in
prica, but, unfortunately, your contract for the second 5,000 is at
$9.00 leaving us no margin on which to recoup ourselves for the bal¬
ance. This must be made up on the Spring Motor machines, where, fortu¬
nately, wo have a margin for saving, but meanwhile, as you know, wo
have to give Edison three fourths of his invoices on shipment from
this side and Bottini and Grass the whole amount on shipment.
By your last letter, I notice that the London Company are
disposed to stand on the technical, requirement that first payments
shall, bo made on receipt of .the Bill Lading in London. .The suggestion
which I made to Morison, and which you have assented .to, for forty day
drafts for second half of invoice enables us to recoup ourselves in
J/o/m- S. $:ar/eJ. MuitTmt
$(e/t/wn/ j/t Mmmfy. Ttm 7?mrt/euf<
777toituir>Ji7- <§</<4f/n;
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77. 77;77U)'0<»)/, $«cret<i/ri/.
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27 Wl LL1 AM STREET,
s. p. m. (3) _ //s?.9
part. Can you not arranga also that Vr^shall draw a sight, or 3 day's
sight draft1, td ha attached to B/L for the first half? With this ar¬
rangement, if they will allow the #5,000 advanced to remain as advances
wo can get along temporarily.
I am glad to see that you are hopeful of closing soon the
Continental Company, with a strong Board independent of your present
associates, and X hope to hoar also that you have come to some settle¬
ment with the Stollwerck business as well.
If, as X hoped, you had closed this latter negotiation by
this .time, I was prepared to place the Cotton Company matter in your
hands on a basis which would afford a splendid opportunity for realiz¬
ing a handsome profit, but I do not want you to .take up too many
things at once, but, rather, bend all your energies .to the getting of
the E. U. P. Co. in shape first. If by .the time you receive this,
you have succeded in closing this negotiation, let mo know by cable
whether it would suit you to take up -the Cotton business.
I am slowly regaining my strength, bat my physician forbids
my going to New York for some time to come, insisting that I shall re‘-
main hero until I fully recuperate my strength and make good the nerve
waste which overwork has produced.
I shall be only too glad if the business of the E. U. P. Co
as you prophecy, attains such importance as to relieve myself of many’
minor matters and dovotd more timo to it in the future.
Yours very truly, '
Now York, July 6th, 1898.
My Dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Gilmore called to-day, and I had a talk with him, or
rather he did most of the talking, and I was very guarded in what I
had to say, however I think both Edison and Gilmore want to do what
is fair to us.
1 realize that these men are always plausible, but as I
have written you before, they are taking measures to protect the
name of Thomas A. Edison, wherever it is made use of without Mr.
Edison' 8 consent, and they are trying to educate the people to
understand that the name of Thomas A. Edison is a guarantee for
perfect Phonographs.
Mr Gilmore assured me that the greatest disoount on
Phonographs and Supplies given by the National Phonograph Company
is 40 and very few get this.
Their usual disoount is from 30 to 33 \/h %.
I told him that in all probability I would confront him
with so me facts in connection with illegal machines, and he gave me
every assurance that he would give our Company all the aid in his
power to run down these infringers.
He says that at one time J. H. Bunnell & Co., of this
City did a large kxxxxsqc busineB?, but he did not know that he was
a factor in the export trade, at all events he says, that the
business of these infringers is not as great as it was, and he
thinks that they can gradually be run out, but 1 realize that he
Gilmore sees now that we can do the business, and he is more ready
to aid us in consideration of our large orders, therefore it does
not matter to us what the motive may be, if we can get any aid from
either Edison or Gilmore in trying to suppress these infringers, we
need not hesitate to accept it, and I feel that we can accomplish
something, and rauld like to have any inibrmation or data that you
can send with a view to ascertaining the real facts, and get their
support if they will give it.
I think I can handle this man with good judgement, and
I feel that they are disposed to give us better price.s than to any
other person, X mean that they will really do this, and when you
seiu{on another order, which I hope you will do before long, I will
make an effort to get better figures than we are paying now.
He 8ays/to use his expression "in referring to prices
"that Prescott was not in it with us".
Some months ago Mr Searles had a talk with Mr Edison and
Mr Gilmore, and it had some reference to a proepective Agreement
between Edison and this Company, with a view to the protection of
to
the United Company and some advantage^be gained by Edison through a
closer relationship with this Company.
Nothing however resulted from this talk, but Mr Edison
so Gilmore says is now more inclined to look with favor upon some
proposition that would enable us to increase our business to their
benefit as well, and a remark ot two he made lead me to thipk that
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they would not be altogether averse to bringing the National
Phonograph Company into the matter or making them a part of any
Agreement, in other words something in the nature of a consolida¬
tion, whereby the United Company and Edison would own a monopoly
of the World for Edison? 8 Phonographs.
These remarks are simply impressions obtained from Gilmore/
talk, and he informed me that his settlement with the Graphophone
people consisted of an exchange of licenses, that is to say they
called off their suits, the Graphophone people permitting Edison
to engrave on wax, and Edison permitting the Graphophone people to
use the sapphire Recording and Reproducing speakers, that it went
no further than that, and he has promised to let me see the contract"
if I wish it.
Now Mr Moriarty, X think I ubderstand the different
phases of this business, and I do not lose sight of one great fact
namely that we own the greatest and most valuable territory, and
that we have inaugerated a business in Great Britain whioh has
commenced with every prospect of continued and increasing success
own
which we can extend to all the other foreign countries, that we mtit
everything in the Phonograph line, and can make the business a
success in spite of any number of infringers that are likely to
enter the field while they have to fight against an aggressive
Company, which we will be in the future,
I do not want to write a history in this letter, bu£
simply to show you that
no matter what sort of a proposition
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Bdison might offer that we should have much the greatest advantage
if anything is ever done in the way of a contract, and I would not
like to see Mr SearleB conduct the matter alone.
Mr Gilmore stated that the Graphophone people were making
overtures to them now, but they have ignored vthem, and I think
Edison is beginning to realize that his best interests in future
lie on the road with the United Company.
We own the right of manufacture in two countries, but kh
I believe you are of the opinion, as I am, that the Company’s
interests will be best served by manufacturing their goods at the
Phonograph Works, and Edison's name is of use to us.
Will you not think^aU^of this subject, and let me have
an expression of your views, and what you think would be a good
thing to accomplish for the interests of this Compeny, if it is a
possible -thing, in order that I amy be able to put forth your views*
in case I have an opportunity, and anything results in the next
few months with Edison and Mr Searles^looking to our protection and
what advantages if any, in addition to manufacturing at the Works
we might give in return, or whether it i s even necessary to give
anything in return, when we own so much, or whether any relation- '
ship at all ought to be established between this Company and the
National Phonograph Company in order to give us a voice in their
policy, in fact will you look over the whole field, and wh»n you
have tih», if such a day cones in the near future, kindly write
me a letter as suggested.
Referring to the foregoing remarks, I have an idea that
the Multiplex Phonograph can be of great service to us, not only in
the Patents thatvwe may get, but from the fact that Grass has two
new types, which will come along, and the public are not yet
familiar with them, neither does the Graphophone Company, or any
one else yet appreciate their features, so that if we can gain an
monopoly of this machine, of which 1 discussed in a previous
L tL*
b it would be an adv
Yours very truly.
Sac
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My dear Mr., Moriarty: -
^fej:uly_8_1
I can only send you a few lines .today, in reply
to your letter of ..the 34th. of June which X have read with a great
deal of interesti
I have already written you fully regarding -the matter of
the £7 >000.
Regarding Mr. Annin, I <3bo not know what may be the source of
Mr.- Annin’s information or what is referred -to in any way. When here,
Mr. Annin was very cordial, but his interview with the Columbia Grapha-
phone people and the Seligmans, through his banker friends here, was,
I think, very disquieting so far a3 the Company is concerned and so
long as the Company remains in 'its present condition we are vulnerable
and subject- to criticism. I hope his influence will not be control¬
ling in. your Company and if atono'en- si you can arrange, by the sale
of the Preferences, to put the Company in a solvent position, all
our troubles will cease as we. shall be entirely independent of the
Edison- Bell Co., being obliged to ask no favors of them in the way of
remittances —simply of the carrying out of their contracts.
I . am- anxiously awaiting for further advices from you regard¬
ing this and the Continental Company, which I .trust may not be long
delayed.
On receipt of ..the promised official- letter tram the Edison-
Bell Co. I 3hall be prepared to take up the question of shipment of
infringing machines. It' is useless for me to move in the matter
jfc/n- S. Srur/a. 7lc»r/ent.
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hat- promised me in your let-
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ter of 3ome weeks ago.
Morison writes me that you are urging him to- 3hip the large
machines and that he i3 doing everything in his power to get them for¬
ward, which I believe to be the case.
1 fear .it will be some time yet before" I can get to New York
but I am doing everything- possible in the interest of the Company from
my home here.
Yours very-v truly.
Stephen P. Moriarty, Esq.*
Edison House, Northumberland Ave.
London, E. C.
V I . b.Johm Street,
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New York, July 11th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
In reply to your Personal letter of July 2nd, as wa
hreallyret°fOr0 writt8n’ we took the catalogues issued by Bettini
^s a part consideration of the contract, and wrote you asking for1
information as to the wording for it, but receiving no instructions
we had to complete them, and decided to put the name of Edison-Bell
on them, and to issue them without prices.
It would have been fatal to the contract if we had not
done so, because Bettini would have thought at onoe that we did not
intend to sell any of his goods, and merely made the contract as a
security against him.
This would never have done in the world, as you strongly
urged us to secure the Bettini Patents, and we got all we could in
the very best way we could, but you have not notified us what you
thought of the contract.
Bettini does not feel that he has any claim whatever upon
the English Company, and does not seek to do anything more than we
order.
If the Edison-Bell cannot in any way make use of them,
the Compaiy must lose them, and the Company expected to if they were*
not accepted.
I shipped them over because Mr Searles desired it, and as
he gave directions to charge the bill for them to the English
Company, and he knew what he was doing because I inittrmed him that
the probability was that the Emrlish Company would not pay for them
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but I did not Bond the bill, and have not drawn for them, prefering
to v/ait until I could hear from you definitely, and I now under¬
stand that they refused to accept them, and will so inform Mr
Searle s.
I do not think there was any attempt on the part of
Bettini to take advantage of us anymore than any man would try to
work for his own interests, and seemedoto talk and act fairly in
the negotiations before the contract was signed, so that it would
be poor policy on our part to notify him now in advance "that if he
does anything contrary to his agreement, we will go ibr him",
especially as he has applied for Great Britain Patent::, Kndxw«xw«nt
JtHxgSt* , and we want to get it.
We will notifjry him promptly if he does do anything, but
we do not want to antagonize him in advance.
I note that you say that it will only be a short time now
before we are able to make much better and cheaper Records, than
even Bettini is making, etc, etc.
Do I understand by this that you are making the Records
and will sell them to the Edison-Bell, so that we make a profit,
or do the Edison-Bell make them, and cut us off from any profit in
these goods.
We will endeavor to carry out all your orders to the
letter, and do not think we have made any mistakes so far.
Yours very truly.
New York, July uth> 1898,
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly in receipt of your Personal letter of July
2nd, and I „ really delighted t. hear of year ln
the », Comp.y, yo„ Save
dope some great work. O
Would you Object to my orlticieins th, fact that not.lth-
standing „a„, a Company i„ S„si,„4 oallad Kdi»o„-B,ll
consolidated Phonograph Co„p„y, Limited, ,ou hay, l„a„g8rat,d
another Company ™der th, i.„ 0, 0reat Britain oalled the Edieon-
BellContinental Phonograph Company.
These two names are almost identical, yet there are
different men interested in them, and it really seems to me that
the public will not be able to discriminate between the two CompanicJ
and I should think ther.would be a good many errors, and the
orders for one Company would be sent to the other.
I am glad you have nfct Mr Annan in the new Company, and
it seems to me that^as tried to be a stumbling lock from the
start, $
wnat you say in regard i
jrwiAi account,
end *11 take the »tter up a. .. po,.lbll>i but r _
very bu.y iiM.ea I j0 not iell,v, ^ ^ ^
ho. -eh there ha. b..„ to do to make thing. i„ .11 dire.tiona,
inoluding fiaanoial aad ebip„.„,e of good, all „„ „ ,5ll .. ^
have, but I will get at it
very quickly.
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We are pushihgr.the work on all the big types of machines
and Mr Grass will take up his quarters in Brooklyn tomorrow in
order to see that the men are at their work at seven o'clock in the
morning.
OBt and the profit we make on machines
I will send you the
under separate cover.
1 regret that I am not yet able to send you a model of
the small machines which Bettini has, and I will try to do so, as
soon as I can, but he evidently thinkB he is going to sell thousands
of these little machines, at the same time I will consider what is
best to be done in the matter, d tcz^tc 4u.c<u
’&*'**-***'£■ **>*■' 66rc2*6s i&Trs'ZZi ^4^
Confidentially, I believe in carrying this man Bettini a
little while, that is humoring him a little, that is giving in a
little where is does no particular harm, in order to keep^him raa
restrained, and I would like to call your attention to the fact
that the option contained in our contracts with him for other
Countries outside of Great Britain, will expire soon, and it seems
to me that even if Bettini things were notrused largely that there
will be some demand for them, even though none of our Companion
should want to push them, yet youeoannot shut a man up 19ke
Bettini completely, and I should think that it would pay the
I mean you to give me permission
Continental for them to give me permission^to make some satisfac¬
tory agreement with Bettini for the Continental Countries, or one
or more of them,, and that will prevent any aggressiveness on the.
part of Bettini, and may possibly saye them some expense in trying
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to down him, besides the annoyance that may ensuw from a man like
Bettini, who will surely get some of his machines over to 'Europe if
we do not prevent it now when we have the chance, law-suits do not
pay, and I think I talk with good business foresight in making the
above recommendation.
The same thing holds true with Gress, and I think I can
control Gress now, but I will not answer for it in the future, if
we do not take advantage of a sitauation which I have worked up to
this point now.
I would like very much if you would consider carefully
these subjects, and write me for myself, going into the matter as
you would as if I were present talking to you.
I do not take any stock in DeCastro at all, and the only
way for one to be is to be continually on your guard, but there is
flOAylAJW
no advantage Maade- by making an enemy of a man.
Please make your mind quite easy on one fact, that the
men whom I am thrown with, and whom I have negotiated agreements
with, have no more idea to-day than before I met them, as to what
our Company is doing, except just so far as the orders give^them
information.
Mr Searles is still progressing slowly, but does not seem
able to come to New York, I presume the Doctor must be afraid to
let him venture during this hot weather, and I have no doubt they
are right.
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What a great idea that is of interesting the newspapers,
that ought to pay well, if they will work for it.
If you want a point at any time in talking to the Edison
Bell Company, kindly note that wo have gone to a great deal of
trouble and spent much time in trying to secure for them as cheap
freight rates as possible, also very unusually insurance rates.
f\ ’
even the very best . st eaners, we have succeeded in gaining a reduc¬
tion, and the hurried shipment of the Steamship "MAJESTIC", goes
forward at the rate of 37s 6d and primage, thei* rate being 40s
and they are very firm indeed at this latter figure
Yours very truly*
New York, July 15th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
Enclosed please find a memorandum giving the conditions
on which Patents can be taken out upon the various improvements of
the Multiplex, an d the Multiplex itself.
This data wqs sent to me by Charles J. Stockman, Washington/
D. 0. , who is GressSPatent Lawyer, and to which I referred mail
or two back.
I shall probably hear from you on this subject possibly
in the next mail, but it seems to me that it is worth all the
letters on the subject, and I am just in receipt of a letter from
Gross, in which he asks me to give the matter attention, as he
fully believes in it, and may take the Patents out himself or sell
them to other persons, if we do not.
At all events I think he contemplates doing sone thing 5
about it, and possibly you may think as I do that it would be a
disadvantage to let anybody else get a foot-hold in this Multiple
business, and I have heard that Edison contemplates a machine to
rival this, and if we secure Patents in advance, it seems to me it
would be money well spent.
Forgive me for writing soo much on this subject.
Yours very truly,
Extract from Minutes of Meeting of the Executive Committo
of Edison United Phonograph Company, held at their offioe,
27 William Street, New York City, on Tuesday, July lRth. 1898.
A Power of Attorney to STEPHEN P. MORIARTY, dated this
18th, day of January, 1898, with a Schedule of a Contract
between the Ediuon-Bell Phonograph Corporation, Limited,
London, the Edison United Phonograph Company and Stephen P.
Moriarty, attached was presented to the Committee, and upon
motion of Mr. Tuttle, duly seconded the said Power of Attorney
•nd Contract, are hereby ratified and approved, and the
President is direoted to Exeoute the said Power and Sohedule
of Contraet attached, and the Secretary to affix the seal
thereto.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $ 2.500.000.
Fidelity and Deposit Company
OF .MARYLAND .
SURETY ON BONDS.
EDWIN WARKIELD, Frmldont.
NEW YOrIT^RTMENT. 35 ^iF„PJ^EET’
HENRY B. PLATT, Vico Prosidoilt.
..ohn w.-n/°°ten. A"°r„ny. New York, July 22nd 1898
John E. Searles, Esq.,
117 Wall Street, City
Dear Sirs
We beg to call your attention that we are still awaiting
a statement from you as to the financial condition of the Edison United
Phonograph Company on whose behalf we issued bond #134667 in the
penalty of $100,000. Will you kindly give the matter your immediate
attention and oblige,
New York, July 23rd, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
I feel greatly annoyed because of the worry and trotible to
you connected with the request for a remittance of £5,000. as refer
ed to in your Personal and Confidential letters to me of July 9th
and 13th, the former of which was only received last evening as I
wrote you, and themlal^r came to hand this morning.
I have realized fully the di sadvantage and the unfortunate--*
impressions which were certain to result from a demand for a second
remittance of £5,000. but I had no other alternative at the time,
than to send the cables I did, for we needed money, and Mr Searles
would not give me any part of the first remittance of the £5,000.
CLA if yD-MJ
A“a “14 le would not advanoe any more money, and I enclose you a
copy of a note received from Mr -Searles, dated June 17th, .iwhioh
came from his country place in Marion, which will give you an idea
of how anxious Mr Searles was to get money, and at that time, if
Mr Searles would not give me any Checks, I could not press him too
muoh on account of his illness.
While I think of it, I want to remind you that you
wrote me at one time, I do not remember at this moment the date of
the letter, but you stated that it was your intention to let that
first remittance of £5,000. stand, therefore when the cable was
sent you, June 19th, in accordance with the above letter from Mr
Searles, I hesitated doing do at first, but oame to the conclusion
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that you would understand that the ci> le referred to the Deposit of
hZ, 000. in the Western National Bank, as you had been previously
advised, that Mr Searles had drawn out entirely shortly after its ■■
arrival the full amount of the £5,000.
I do not think it will serve any purpose for me to
take up the different cables sent you, and to give you the why and;
wherefore for each, suffice to say, that such cablestas I did send
were backed by substantial reasons, in addition to' which, your
letters to us or Mr Searles, notably your letter to the latter of
July 1st, have made us feel uncertain occasionally as to what your
instructions meant, for in this particular case, the letter stated
explicitly, that we were at liberty to draw for both the first and
second half, for the amounts that were due, and when we read that,
we cane to the conclusion that as you knew quite well that Mr
Searles was holding back the £5,000^*that you wished us to draw
without taking into consideration that remittance/ although we did
not do so, and took the precaution to cable you July 12th, asking
you whether we were at liberty to do so, and your reply was in the
negative, therefore that letter came near being the cause of making
us commit a serious blunder.
I will stop with these remarks on this subject, but
I am sure, you will realize that as far as I am concerned, my cables
were sent becausd of a propelling force behind me, and because I
felt that as you understood the situation so well from youw own
knowledge, and from our letters to you that our cables would be
well understood.
I have endeavored to give y.ou SOME REASONS POR DELAY IN
SHIPMENTS, and I will summarize a few points of which I have hires
written you, out of which we hope you will be able to cull someth!
for an argument against any claim which may be made for penalty.
The order for Multiplex Phonographs, signed by Mr Crowe, is
dated March 23rd, but we did net place it at the time it was
was received, March 30th, because Mr Searles, for one fcihing did
not feel satisfied, as to the terms of payment, and in addition
we were in negotiation with Gross, which however was concluded
April 25th, but we did. not give him the order until May 6th, one
reason for which was that he wanted a considerable o ash^rtTt^the
A
point that I wish to make to the Edison-Bell is that their order
stipulated that their Company should have the power within one
month from the date of^that order to increase it to 1,000 machine#
You will readily understand the rdf ore that it would have been a
disadvantage to us to plaoe the order for 500 machines at a
higher prioe,when we expected in a months time to have the order
for one thousand machines confirmed, abd my recolleotion is that
it was not confirmed very promptly, therefore we waited until the
order could be placed for 1000 machines, when we made the con¬
tract on the best terms we could.'
Por your information I may add that we havepractically the whole
factory an Brooklyn working on this order, and I expect to turn
out at least 100 pachines per week, and more If it is possible to
do so.
The Phonograph Works did not wish to undertake this order
and we consider it fortunate that they did not do so, for many
reasons some of which I have given you, and Gross is heart and soul
in it, and doing the very best he knows how, but a first order of
this style of machine, with tools that had to be altered, and new
patterns made, and the thousand and one troubles that occur in
turning out the hundred or more parts, and to make them with
perfect exactness, was a task that surprised the machinists,
competent though they be.
WT have written you in regard to the strike at the
Phonograph Works, and we note that you say you were not advised,
this is correct, but we did not know it ourselves, and when we
did hear of it, we died thought it was of little importance, aa far
as the effect upon us was consemed, it delayed the machines,
although shipments were being made every week, but we thought best
to have a confirmation of this, and asked for a letter frtm the
Works, a copy of whieh wo sent you, dated July 18th.
Youw will realize that in all probability this strike
must have more or less demoralized the entire factory, and while
the Works do not say so, I believe that it was the cause of keeping
back all types of maohines, which were being manufactured for us.
One reason for the cause of delay in turning out Types 4,
and 6, is due to the fact that the Phonograph Works cannot obtain
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fast enough the wooden boxeB which goes with every one of those
machines, and I am urging them all the time to push the
manufacturers, and to telegraph them to hurry up their goods, we
cannot do more than this.
I am glad to hear that you reserved some claims against
the Edison-Bell.
I note that you say that you hope that we have secured
from Gross some protection in relation to the loss which we sus¬
tain from his non-delivery of the machines.
As far as I can see, the fault is not his, and if the
Edison Bell had ordered the full thousand machines on March 23rd,
and we had not placed it then, we would have been entirely responsi
ble, but Gress did not get the order as I stated before until May
6 th.
I have written you that as we stand to-day, the lack of
money is not affecting the output of machines, and is not keeping
the goods baok in any way.
I hope that the Edison-Bell will soon learn that their
suspicion that everything is not right on this side will be
eliminated if it in any way refers to our Company, but I judge from
your letter that it bears entirely upon the th ipijient of illegal
machines and printed matter, this we are unable to control entirely
although I think if we had a flagrant case brought to our attention
that the Phonograph Works are more disposed to aid us than they
ever have been before, biit the real Wely t0 down thla sort of thing
is for them to fill the demand for goods, and competition of that
kind, will gradually grow less, because where machines are sold
outright, it is next to impossible to fix the blame upon anyone,
or to make the Phonograph Works responsible, we have tried this
before without success, and the only way to overcome it entirely
is to control the entire world, but as Mr Edison n6w sees that we
are capable of giving him such large orders, our influence there
will increase, and we will gain a point here and there as our
business grows.
1 will take up your accounts, just as soon as X possibly
o&h, but I have been very busy indeed, as you will realize that we
are doing a good deal of business for one man and one assistant to
keep up.
Again regretting that you have su much worry, and assuri gc;
you of my earnest desire to relieve as mueha s possible,
I remain,
Oxenhaa, who "tea ret^n^^h^68 ye8terda^ his Secretary, M
that I may draw for thefirstaa’we^ ^ UP°n y°U t0 oable "*
ments, or that you will ! !*!„?♦+ 38 the 80oond half of *hip-
ladino' „„„ y 111 TOke a r0n>ittanee subject to our bill o-f
z: z «» *> ... ... i k..p ™
he number of goods shipped by each steamer, so
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80 that if you will take the statement sent you showing the number
of machines shipped, and add to it the cables recently sent you,
you will know exactly the total of goods shipped.
Your letter of July 15th, speaks of the Manufacturers
making mis-statements to me, but I cannot look upon it in that
light, for I see them often, and I see what they are doing, arf I
know that whatever they may have said, they were perfectly sincere
in their statements, but when you pressed us some time ago to know
when we oould ship goods, we gave you the best information we could
get in advance of the goods being ready, but as I have stated before
no factory in the world can guard against unforeseen circumstances
in advance of shipments, and the Edison-Bell Bhould realize this
faot.
That one unfortunate cable of July 6th, seems to have caused
no end of trouble.
In regard to the cost dn relation to the non-removal of
snow in front of No. 95 Park Ave., it is in the hands of the
Corporation Counsel, and the Judge has postponed the matter in
order that to may communicate with you, therefore I do not see how
anything can be done in the matter, except to pay the bill, which
is and I do not think anything can be made out of Mills,
the Agent, for he spent over $50.00 in advertising, and did not
make a cent.
I would be very glad indeed to hear that you had obtained
a release of ttiat guarantee, as we intend to live up to the contracl-
and future orders will not suffer the delay which the first orders
have been subject to, but we are bravely trying to overcome every
obstacle. If this guarantee is released soon, it will relieve
us of the disagreeable duty of rendering a statement to this
Fidelity Compmy, and exposing all of our business to them.
YOU DID NOT SEND ME, a duplicate of the proofs of an
article which you say, will appear in all the newspapers, and which
you write you had sent to Mr Searles. Can you not send me one as it
is very difficult to get anything from Mr Searles from Marion, as
his papers are strewn all over the house, and he loses them some¬
times, and in fact mislaid a couple of bills I had sent him for a
week, so that I do not send him any more.
I hope to arrange an interview with Mr Searles and Mr
Edison, $ust as soon as he can possibly see him.
Your newspaper scheme is simply great; and I would not
have anybody get the idea for anything, I think it is fine, and
without any c^rW' ~
Do you think that Annan's friend you speak of, who keeps
him posted of affairs here, can be the Mr Fleming who went out with
him to the Phonograph Works.. when he was here.
I look for the completion of the new Grass Weight Motor
machine, in about a week, but of course this is uncertain, until it
is aotually finished, but I learned one thing yesterday in regard
to this weight motor machine, and that is, that Grass owns only 50#
of it, and that Walter Miller, whom you doubtless remember owns the
other half, but if it proves to be a good thing, we must havefsome
how or other. A
I was informed indirectly yesterday that the Phonograph
Works or rather the National Company, that is Gilmore, who is
Manager of both, had made a contract with someone here for 10 000
of their 50 cents Records at .20 cents nett,
X informed Mr Gilmore that that figure was the sane price
we were eharged, and that our Company should be placed on a better
footing than other people, therefore if we get another order for
these Records, and it amounts to a good big number, X will do my
best to save a few oentsi per Reoord on the price to this Company
and I think I can get something.
I went all through the W6rks yesterday for thefirst timfc
in a great while, and I was astonished or rather surprised at the
alterations, and was pleased at the activity, because I looked upon
it as due in a great measure to our Company, and your efforts, also
it looks as if they were able to turn out good machines which I
conclude they are doing, as we have had no complaints.
The Record Department of the Net ional Company is install¬
ed right there in the Phonograph Works, is not this a very funny
thing, that the Phonograph Works give all these facilities to the
National Phonograph Company, so that they may manufacture Records
in their name, and force us to buy frbm the National.
They have rows of Duplicating machines attended by girls
who become very expert, and each girl handles about four machines,
they are arranged on benches about as high or almost as high as
your shoulders, and each row of benches is equipped with the as
Duplicating aohines, the whole row of them is run by a motor at the
end of the bench.
They have alBo a place for storing the Records, and a lot
og girls testing them.
I asked Gilmore what he would sell me one of these
Duplicating na chines for, but he said he would have to ask Edison
as they did not sell them, and they were expensive, but I know a
case where one was sold.
They are much smaller than the Bettini Duplicating
machines, and as they are fitted up on the bennhes and run by a
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motor at the end of the bench they are little bigger them the/ ordin-,
ary body of the Phonograph, but of course this is largely dae to the
absence of the "M" motor, but you will see how' compactly these can
Ci
be arranged, if it ^contemplated taking up that branch of the busi¬
ness on a large scale.
I saw thi 8 morning the newest and lateit machine of
Bettini, and I will send you a photograph of it probably by next
mail.
It is very much like the Standard Phonograph in size,
but it has an immense xxxxxxxxxxbig motor like the large Edison
Spring motor, and it runs six to 8 cylinders, but ifi equipped solely
for Micro-phonograph attachments, and the gearing^ the number of
wheels, etc, is much less than the large spring motor phonographs,
I think there are only four or five in the clock -motor portion, Klrik
while I believe the large spring motor machine has eight or nine.
The Bettini machine has no gate, and it sets in a little
square box something like the Standard.
I forgot to mention that yesterday Mr Gilmore wanted me
to hear some^the 50 centr. Records, but there was not one of th.em
that I considered good, they were too loud, and consequently were
shrill and wiry, and had other disagreeable toneo, but I think he
will have an overhauling of that Department, bee ause he realized
that they should be toned down somewhat, to get a softer and better
tone.
[ENCLOSURE]
(COPY.)
T . _ „ June 17tft.
John E. Searlea,
117 Wall St,
New York.
My Dear Mori son.
Herewith Vouchers with my O.K. for the Bank. Which
collect and deposit with Mr Oakley. The $5,000 machine a/e was used
with Gross and S.P.M. was so advised. Cable him at once "Deposit
"atWVN.B. overdrawn, please renew at once. Can we draw immediately
"for balances on first shipments and at 40 days for recent
"shipments". We cannot wait for his mail advices which meanB 27th
inst. for funds, as I cannot continue advances. If he remits and
authroizes Dfts, you can-order* the 200 No. 4 at once. If Saturdays
mail does not arrive in time to forward tomorrow please get it
on Sunday and send Sunday Evg. so I may have it Monday.
Yours truly,
J.E.S.
($>. Smr/eJ. 7ivMr/enf. ’ (Sr/Mw, 7Z77/wfdO>v, cScorJttri/.
$fc/i/at- J: 7/imar/i/, ?m* %nwAm/, M/tvbw-p 3>trrc/mv 7/£nt/m/t'7//<J!utl/«t ,7re<*i »m:
My dear Mr. Moriarty:-
I am in receipt, of your letters to , the 15th.
Inst . , inc lus ive .
I do not know .that .there is anything . to add .to what X wrote
you on the 14th. inst., regarding • the matter of , the £5, 000. The fact
is that you put us, in the talcing of your orders, in an impossible
situation.
You contracted to furnish a large number of machines for
which there were' no manufacturing facilities — particularly of. the
Automatic Machines..
We had first to deal with a man who was suspicious and im¬
practical and who ran away from every engagement when he felt there
was danger of his making a contract. When, finally, we got a contract
with him he had neither .the -tools nor shop facilities to build -the
machines.
All these things had to be corrected and for -these things
we had to make him an advance and .that is the true reason for. the
delay in furnish,ing the automatic machines.
It has been through no fault of Mr. Morison nor any one at
•this end. Everything.. that has been possible has been done.
The fault wa's!Tthat, through ignorance of the real situation
here, you accepted a contract which could not be fulfilled within the
I- shall" look to you to settle all the matters of penalties
with -the Company, so that there may be no claim against the B. u. i.
Co., as it would be entirely unreasonable.
Of course, if you had beat able to carry out your promises
regarding the fAO, 000. we should never have asked any favors of the
Edison'-Bell Co,. nfdnywdeacriptinhj.rf Op thiscCompahy. would have been
In. funds t»o have made all necessary advances#
So far as Mr. Anyibn is concerned, I have not cared .to repeat-
to you the uncomplimentary things he said when here concerning the
promotion of the English Company. I gave him to understand in
unmistakable language that you had my entire confidence and would be
Jo/m & <Smr/ax J/tmtttdjtf &■ cSaws/kry.
Ste/i/to# M 7/iort'a-rft/, Jjm 7%n»Weut, Mr, Mr,/ ^Director.' 7/finl/im/iJ/AjfaM/tx JZmmniK
27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
backed up -to .the fullest extent in any undertaking which you contract-,
od in London in the Phonograph business. He' betrayed at. once -the
fact that his mind had been poisoned here by the record of -the old
Company and .the representations made to him by our opponents in the
Graphophone Company and his vis.it to the Works, while every possible
means was taken .to impress him favorably, was not on advantage because'
of -.thp smallness of the apparent facilities for manufacturing and of
.the HSS&'Dusiness .then doing by the workB. But all -this matter is
of no account.
The thing-to do .is to put the business on a business basis
at the earliest possible moment.
I am very glad .that you will turn your attention, in connec¬
tion with any further orders, to the abrogation of any .impossible
conditions in -the original contract and .to the dispensing of the
guarantee, which has bee'n a constant source of annoyance -to me. I am
just in receipt of the within letter, which is the last of several to
the same effect.
Mr. Morison wrote to you for a statement of .the assets of
the Company, thinking that he might with that prepare something
which would be acceptable to -the Guaranty Co. , but he very quickly
made up his mind that any statement 3hor.t of showing 'an absolute
liquidation of .the Company’s indebtedness would be a detriment rather
than a benefit.
I have succeeded in standing these' people' off until the
present date, but at the cost of an amount of humiliation and embar¬
rassment which X should not be willing under any conditions -to submit.
I -told Mr. Platt, at. the time we took out .this bond, that
you had sold .the £40, 000. Preferences and Debentures and that the
money would be forthcoming, according to your letter, the following
wedk and .that X could then make a showing .-to the Guaranty Co. which
would put the E. U. P.. Co., entirely out of debt, with large future
resources in .the shape of additional stock dividends, etc.
. Mr* Platt’ s son, who is the Vice' President of -the Company,
has per s onally written me .two or » three times* suggesting that he was
in a very embarrassing position, growing out of* the failure -to rpru-
idfcotfethis statement and begging me .to make it good at once.. .
I am in receipt today of your cable respecting my proposed
.trip abrdad.. I am not yet quite strong enough to go and hence have
fixed no date for sailing, and Under any circumstances would not be
Jt/mMmr/j. u A Wtrnbmt ^
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27 W I LLI AM STREET,
3. P. M. (3)
willing to. leave' hare with the Company in its present condition.
It occurs to me ..that possibly another factor has been U3ed
against us with Annin by the Seligmans, and that ,is -the non-payment
of the bill for legal expenses to .them and their friends, amounting
to $33,000. , for which the agreed to accept 500. Theodore Seligman
haa_ two or three times dunned Mr. Morison for .this amount but has
bee'n put off on the ground that it was not payable until the Company
was in funds from your side. I do not know that -that has gone to Mr.
Anyon’s ears, but possibly it may.
Everything in the way of machines is going forward as rapid¬
ly as possible and we are drawing for only ’the second half of la-
voices, which will very soon liquidate the entire amount of the
L5, 000. deposited against machines under payment' for .the first half
of shipments. We shall -then be under no further obligations to the
English Company and we do not care for any advances from them of any
description, If they will allow us to draw at sight against ship¬
ments for one-half and thirty days against the balance, or, better
still, of course, at sight for the whole amount.
Stephen P. Moriarty, Esq.,
Edison House,
London, England,.
Telephone N!2I8 Bank.
I
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Syr/uSsj??;, . _July.26th—
Stephen F.Moriarty Esq.
Edison House,
Northumberland Avenue.
W.C.
Dear Mr Moriarty,
When X had the pleasure of seeing you last week and
when at your request X arranged on behalf of my firm to take £500
in settlement of your debt against them it was understood that
such cheque should bo paid on Monday the 25th inst. I am now
writing to say that unless this cheque is received by to-morrow
the arrangement which I entered into with you beoomes null and
void.
Yours faithfully,
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
July
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Morison, Esq., Sec.,
27 William St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
Referring to the writerfcs conversation with you several
days ago, having reference to the purchase of duplicating machines,
I conferred with ou* people as to this setter, and after due con¬
sideration we have decided that we do not care to manufacture these
machines for sale on the open market to anybody.
Yours very truly,
(Signed.) W. E. GILMORE,
General Manager.
New York, August 1st, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Referring to your letter of July,,. 23rd, I have carefully
noted what you say about Bettini, and as far as his relations go
with this Company, they do not consist of anything more than is
embodied ihtourieo.fttract with him, and he knows absolutely nothing
about our business, either in Great Britain, or anywhere else, and
I do not discuss it with him, in fact he does not ask me now because^
I shut him up completely the last time he did so, but it is just as
oajzs
well for you to know what he is doing, and what^his aspe rations, as
far as I am able to give them to you.
I have sent you some photographs of his little machine,
which he expects to sell for $10. and a larger machine, wi th a big
motor, like the large Edison Spring motor, which he contemplates
listing at $75. but it is to be used only with his micro -phonograph
attachments.
He has not manufactured any of either types of machines,
except the single models but he expects to do so very soon.
The small machine, which sells for $10. he will have
manufactured in all probability by the American Graphophone Company
and he has come to an understanding with them, but -.the agreement,
a copy of which I enclose^has not yet been signed, because he wants
to interest Mr Searles in this machine for the United States ani
pthe whole world, on condition that Mr Searles advances the money
to manufacture th&ra, say $10,000.; or $5*000. if so
ed.
much is ndt nee'd
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He however claims to have friends who will furnish the
money, if Mr Searles does not, and he is preparing to {(p a good
deal more business bej renting additional rooms in the Judge Building
and had Johnny Jones constantly working there for him, making
sapphires.
Mr Bettini has no idea that we can do anything in France
to prevent his selling his goods there, and he is undoubtedly
counting upon a large business, particularly in the small machine
during the Exhibition, this however I understand you will find a
way to prevent, but Bettini thinks our Patents. are worthless there,
which I conclude from his remarks, but X made no comment whatever
myself.
As far as Gress is concerned, I firmly believe that as
matters stand now, that I can control him, but do not infer from
this that he knows anything whatever about our business, because I
do not discuss it, and he knows no more than any strangerabout what
we are doing.
He has however some good machines coming along, and if
we can get control of them, so much the better for us, and he would
give us now, I think, everything he has, if we will let him manufac
ture the Multiplex Machines, that is the Multiplex portion.
The original Patent for his Multiplex Machine can be made
stronger to-day, and he would give us the improvement;, bxrtr&th'efrnk
the re turn- device, besides sane improvements, but I think 1 can
embodies. ^
have /these improvements in the new Patents, which we are likely fro
apply for, as per your cable of July 28th so- that when you see*
that this man is inclined to give us what we ask for, and perhapft
more, we have no reason to warn him against shipping machines
abroad, when he has no inclination to do so, and has refused orders
or refused to give quotations as I have heretofore written :you, t
therefore if it became necessary to make any further agreement with
Mr Cress, X think he would realize that it was to his interest to
meet our views, at leaBt Isthink I could accomplish anything that
was at all reasonable or fair, therefore do not let Anything of
this kind cause you any uneasiness, and X am sure you will agree
that it is good business to get what we want through negotiation}-
even though we should pay a little something for it, rather than
to run the chance of beli« obliged to defend ourselves in the
future .
I neglected to say that it will take about three months
time for Bettini to get the tools made and manufacture any quantity
of these little machines.
I hope you appreciate that my only object in writing at
length on this subject,, is ta^&e you as clear an understanding as
I have myself of the s i.tuation ,in connection with Gross and Bettini
Yours very truly,
P.S. I also enclose a circular
Trade discounts of the Columbia
to both sidestnof this circular.
dated May 15th, 1898 giving the
Phonograph Company, please refer
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Dear Sir:-
We asked the Phonograph Works, Mr. Gilmore, what he would
sell us one or two of his Duplicating machines for, and he eaid
he would let us know, but the reply we received came from the
National Phonograph Company, a copy of which we enclose.
You will notice that these machines seem to be in the
control of the National Phonograph Company, and that Mr Edison
gives them the right to use them, or perhaps to purchase them for
all we know, and seems to withhold them from us.
We have not replied to this letter, but we shall call the
attention of Mr Searles to the matter.
Yours very truly,
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Dear Sir:-
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-August 2nd, 1898. ^
I have just obtained from Mr Gress, by mail this morning,
a letter dated August 1st, a copy of which I enclose, and which I
asked him to put in writing, as I thought it best to have a letter
from him, no matter what we may do in the future, or whether we
make any further Agreements with him or not.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH CO.
1358 Broadway & fil9 Sixth Ave.
New York, August 1st. 1898.
Mr. G.N. Morrison,
Sec't'y Edison United Phonograph Co.
37 William St.
City.
Dear Sir;
Referring to the matter of your taking out patents in other
foreign countries on. the Multiplex, we are will! g that you should do so
conditionally upon our having the manafacturing eg all such phonography'
which you may use under our contract, at a profit to us of about $1.00
per machine, which profit will cover the use of our tools and expenses
of personal supervision of the filling of orders. The advantage to us
in doing this manafacturing is that we are enabled, by placing our or¬
ders at the same time as yours, to secure the very lowest prices, It also
enables us to keep a regular crew of mechanics on building phonographs-
this is also an advantage to you. Furthermore we know that we can do
this work better than any one else as we would have more interest in
doing so.
Having had considerable experience in getting up estimates for
the present order, we have found in several instances where we can save
money in the manafacturing and should we enter into the agreement pro¬
posed we can guarantee you a material reduction in price.
He will also alloy; you, free of charge, to take out patents in
any other foreign countries on our Patent Return device also out? Patent
Nickel-lnlThe-Slof attachment,
which were not included in
assignment
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Mr. G.N.M #3
to you for Great Britain, Rrance and Germany for the reason that they
belonged to other parties but they have since been acquired by our Vice
President as it was necessary to have them to fill your present order.
These attachment in themselves are valuable and you would have to pay
Royalty for use of them if we were not working thoroughly in accord
with you. The coot of adding these. two patents to the Multiplex Patents
will be only nominal.
Yours Very Truly.
MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH CO.
(signed) . .M. Y.Grei?? .
Vice Pres’t.
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5th August 1898*
Dear Mr Moriarty,
I received the vet ious letters you sent to-day,
and will simply acknowledge them to New-York. Any material reply I
will bring before your attention on your return,
I have at last got into my pcs session the two debenture sorips
in your name one for £5000 and the other for £2500, ibr which I have
given Mr Pratt a receipt. He said he had great difficulty in getting
them sealed, which was only overcome to-day by his going to the Court
at which Sir William Quayle Jones presides in the absence of the
regular Judge on vacation, and there get ting the seals affixed by
Sir William. I was anxious to get this flnisted so that I might infom
you and now I have pleasure in doing so* I have put these sorip in the
safe pending your return,
Mr Pratt informs me that at last the Queen has consented to
speak into the phonograph subject to S conditions, 1st that lord
Salisbury writes out the message; 2nd^ that the "record* be sent to
King Menilik of Abisinnia for whom it is intended, and that it be
broken after he has heard it; 3rd that King Menelik sends a reply.
All these conditions having been complied with the Queen will speak
the message next Sunday. I am sure, you will be gh d to hear this.
There is only one lit ter in to-day which 1 enclose you herewith.
It is for Mrs Moriarty* I expect the nail in to-morrow from America,
which I will immediately send you until further advised*
Mr Brown telephoned me this morning, asking if I knew if the
arrangement re the appointment with lord Farquhar for the beginning j
of next week stands good. I told him that I had not heard from you
but promised him that I would write you to-day regarding, this matter.
There 1b nothing startling going on here* The weatle r is still
keeping fine, and X presume it is the sam with you.
Youta faithfully,
New York, August 5th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty:- PERSONAL.
X am going up to see Mr Searles to-night, and will have
a talk about the business in general.
I am just in receipt of your Personal letter of Jul:y 27th
with copy of letter frocMrs Sdarle s enclosed, and note it is the
ihtention of Mr Searles to go abroad in August, but as he had not
written me anything to this effect, it was news to me, al though
he told me several months ago, that he might go, still I thought it
had been abandoned.
Mr Searles has not been following up the business very
closely here, or in fact at all for the last three months, but he
will doubtless learn many things from you, and X hope he will be
convinced that this business is worth working hard to preserve.
I had an electric shock last evening from Mr Gress, who
informed me that he had an order for 5 Multiplex Machines at $150.
each for shipment to South America, and he did not see that he
was under any obligation to our Company to refuse the order, as he
would make about $400. on it.
Hessaid t he man who wants the goods had just purchased
about $3,000. worth of Phonography and Supplies from Prescott, and
that Prescott had taken him up to his house and entertained him in
great style.
I stated very plainly to Mr Gress that we did not wish,
or would submit to any interference with our territory, etc, but
^ 18 cominS in to see me to-day, and I am in hopes of being able
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to stop this Shipment, and I showed him in the few minutes talk
that we owned certain Patents in our territory and Edison in his
which v/ould effectively put a stop to his using the Multiplex
Phonographs, and that he v/ould fare a great deal better by conform¬
ing to our wishes in respect Of orders, I am however not through
with him, and as he has done what I have asked him previous to this
and refused to sell Prescott, and also evinces a disposition to do
what is right, X am in hopes being able to keep him in check, but
you certainly must realize that no matter what arguments we may use
or what threats we may employ, the fact remains that these men own
their Patents, and from the rapidity with v/hich the English Patent
was passed, say eight days, they certainly have good grounds for
believing that their Patent stands high, therefore if you put
yourself in their place, you will see how disappointing it must be
to them to relinquish a profit of $400. on an order right in hand,
with good prospects of other good business in South America. ^ /&-<*
/ I will handle this matter to the best of my ability, ani
may be obliged to take out some Patents on this Multiplex in that
Country and in Mexioo, if I can induce Mr Searles to let me have:
the money, however my mind is not entirely made up on the subject
yet, but I have kept this man friendly to us, as his letter which I
sent you by last mail will show, and I consider this Multiplex
Patent as likely to be of aid to us in the future, and will steal a
march on Mr Edison should he contemplate getting out some such
machine ,
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1 will send you by next mail the Patent for Great Britain
as well as an assignment to this Company, but you will notice a
condition in the assignment, and you have the agreement to refer
New York, August 9th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
X am duly in receipt of your Personal letters of
July 20th, 23rd and 30th, also the advertising sheet, with Edison's
picture, this certainly makes a fine display, and ought to bring
in lots of orders, but it is a pity that these holidays come every
year, and put us back a whole mont*, as j ^ afrald all the tijne
that Bettini or Gress or most of all Edison will do sonething to
hurt us over there again, the two former I have so far been able
to keep in cheek, but ohe never knows what they will do next.
I am afraid that Bettini may decide at any time to go
abroad, but if he does, I think he will call to see you first, in
fact if he does decide to do so, I shall show him that it will be
to his interest to do so, when you will be able to handle him, but
if you do not object to a word of caution from me, I believe that
you oan accomplish more with Bettini by meeting him half way, at
least consider what he says, and let himithat you consider it. even
you throw 1
though^him overboard the next day, but keep him in your control in
a pacific manner as long as possible.
If he goes it will be his intention to show you a model
of his new little machine, and I had hoped that before we were
obliged to give him a positive answer in regard to our interesting
ourselves in this little machine, that you would have the new
Continental Company entirely and completely closed, beyond peradven
ture, however I presume you are independent now from your letters,
as far as the actual forming of the Company is concerned.
Mr Bettini waited Mr Searles to advance the money to
manufacture these machines, but X was obliged to say to him this
morning, that we could not undertake that at present^ and he is
awaiting the return of Mr Easton in a week or two to settle the
matter in regard to manufacturing, but in all probability he canndi£~
do anything with Easton without money, though he seems to think he
can get seme one else.
I hi>pe you will feel the good effects from your little
rest, and I would give a good deal sometimes to be able to talk
over with you some matters that perplex me.
Yours very truly,
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& MPleniont <M*c»Uamj.
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S. 51 Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
We enclose you copy of letter from A. Q. Keasbey & Son,
dated August 3rd, 1898, sent to us by Mr Hughes, which refers to
the agreement made by Mr Searles, relating to the termination of
the law suits by the United Company and the International Co., in n
one of which itwas provided that when the destribution of assets,
is made by the North American Phonograph Caiaany or the Reodiver,
that- we shall receive $2,000.
Mr Keasbey called upon Mr Hughes last week, and informed
him that this distribution was likely to be made very soony and as
we have put off two or three times, the- ipayment to Mr Keasbey of
his bill for past services to us of something like $1,.260. as near
as I can remember without the bill, he Keasbey requested that he be
given an order upon Mr Hayes the Attorney for the Receiver for the
amount due us out of which he would deduct his account and remit
us the balance.
I informed Mr Hughes that we did not wish to do that, but
that if Mr Keasbey would accept $1,000. in settlement of his
: account, we would remit him a Check immediately, and I obtained
permission
permission from Mr Soarles to pay this amount on Saturday last,
August 6th.
I have written a letter to Mr Dwight, who takes the place/
of Mr '.Hughes while on his vacation, a copy of which he will send to
Mr Keasbey, anf if the reply to us is satisfactory, we will settle
his account..
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
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London, England*
Dear Sir:-
We received an order a few days ago -from a large
Commission House here, namely Busk & Jevons, 301 Produce Exchange
Building, for 1 “H0ME*Phonograph, 3 dozen Records, and 1 dozen
Blanks.
The order was sent to the National Phonograph Company,
and returned by them, referring the commission house to us, and as
this letter was signed gy Mr Gilmore, X thought It would be very
bad policy indeed to refuse it, therefore therefore the goods will
be shipped to Belize, British Honduras, Central Amsrioa, and we
will charge list prices, namely $30. for the machine, 50 cents
apiece for the Records, and 25 cents for the shaved Blanks, but it
will be neoessary to give the commission house a discount, and I
will try to get off with as little as possible, but all of these
pirates are catering to this class of merchants.
X am also in receipt of another order, from Bettini, or
rather it is an inquiry for prices of Records, and if the prices
are satisfactory, the order will probably be confirmed.
If we ship these goods they are to go through Henry ft.
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Peabody & Company, 58 New Street, New York, to Sydney, Australia,
If we receive the order, I will ship thess goods also,
and have quoted the Commission housea discount of 20 percent,
certainly frothing less .would satisfy them, and I am not sure but
that we may have to give 25%.
Of course, I realize that this comes under the English
contract, and if the goods are sold, we will give them credit for
what is right and proper, but we think we should be entitled to
something for the expense of our office and shipping.
If you do not approve of my keeping this up, kindly
advise me by return mail, when I will discontinue selling aiy goods
but you will realize, that if we do not sell them, other people wilt,
and it is not to our interest to let either Edison, Bettini or any¬
body else think that we refuse orders that come* to us.
Yours very truly,
<5
Secretary.
New York, August 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriartyj- PERSONAL,
I feel very much annoyed that the cabinets do not seem
to have arrived in good condition, but I have written you a sepanate/
letter in regard to what is being done, and think there can be no
further trouble.
We have shipped 434 to date, and on account of the change
which I have ordered this morning, I do not know whether we will
be able to ship any multiplex on the slow steamer Saturday, August
27th, but we have already packed and stored in the warehouse 150
Motors with the Multiplex Attachments, which we do not wish to
ship until we have the cabinets ready to go with them.
The work was slowed down for two or three days on account
of the Edisai Bell Cable directing us to ship no more goods, but we
anticipate a very large shipment on the following steamer, September
3rd, as these slow steamers only sail once a week, and it puts us
to the trouble and expense of engaging another room for storing
them, or rather Gress will, but he talks about charging it to us,
as well as some other expenses he has been put to in connection
with this matter, but I hope to adjust it satisfactorily.
If we were to attempt to pack the cabinets singly in a
case, it would necessitate cutting down the present oases, and
buying 500 additional ones, which Gress objects to doing, as he has
contracted for the fhll thousand of the others, however the plan I
have suggested this morning, I think will meet the emergency, an*
I shall go over to the facyory agaih to-morrow morning to see that
boxes are further strengthened, and avoid the springing of the
f
sides.
I note what you say in your cable in regard to making
satisfactory arrangements for the payment of future invoices, and
hope you will advise us as soon as passible as I anticipate Mr
Searles shuting down on payments, unless we are able to draw for
our shipments, whioh would be unfortunate to say the least.
One word more in connection with the Multiplex, please do
not forget that these cabinets are awkward things to ship, and
that when we box them up tight, in a case regularly made for them,
the Edison Bell should realize that we are doing all that can be
reasonably expected.
I hope you have been benefited by yohr short vacation
but you are needed' there to make things go properly, and I beliebe
our Drafts must have been protested during the time you were not
there.
I will be glad when this vacation period in London is
over, I do not mean your vacation, but I mean the whole month of
vacation time, so that the other Company can get started.
I have wished many airtime to^it^down and have a talk
with you aibout.. things in general, and I want to call your attention
to the ihct that the Quotation given Peabody & Company o.f which I
wroter.you by last mail, was not accepted by them, and they wrote
us that the discount quoted by us was not sufficiently large to
allow them to place the order, and they therefore deeided to sail
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My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly In receipt of your cable, advising remittance
of L825. and have collected from the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the
equivalent in American money at $4.84 3/4, and received a Check
for $3,999.19 for which I gave them a receipt, in accordance with
conditions of their cable.
X will go to Philadelphia on the 11 or 12 o'olook train
and will oable you from there, when I have paid the note.
As a matter of course, I will have nothing whatever to
say to them about the Company.
We have been all day looking for a cable from you advisinj
us the result of the Board Meeting of Wednesday, with reference to
what arrangement has been arrived at providing for the payment of
our invoices, and a few words were inserted in a cable to you
to-day asking you the result.
We are in the position in collection with the Multiplex
that we cannot stop shipments, without loss to the Company, and we
cannot oontinue shipments or the manufacture of goods without money
and Mr Searles writes me that. if money does not come, or authroity
to draw, that we must discontinue shipping, he also objects to
paying more money unless we know how our shipments are to be paid
for, and I have visits from representatives of the Phonograph Works
and their account runs up to $32,000. this week, so that it is not
always easy to keep them satisfied, and not pa^F them their bills
when they are due, and the whole account is due now
I do not write this to worry you, because you have enough worries
but it is necessary to write urgent letters to Mr Searles to get
money, and as the account stahds now, the Edison Bell Company, owe
at least for the first half of the last three shipments referred to
in my last letter, and they will owe at least cash for the first
half of all the goods going forward this week, and the shipments
will be heavy, as you will 3ee from the oable, I will send you
I have ordered the big cases containing the cabinets.
strengthened by strips of wood, whic h prevents theirbeing wrenched
steady
from side to side, and makes it a more solid box.
In addition we have changed our mind in regard to making
this weeks shipments of multiplex on the American Line, as written
you last week, and have concluded to L t them go on the Atlantic
Transport Steamer, because we found after investigating a little
further, that the information given us to. the effedt that the
Atlantic Transport line lightered their goods into London was in¬
correct- therefore it is safer to ship them as we arc doing
My dear MS Moriarty: -FERSOJfAIi.
The Graphojhone people on Rroadway and 28th Street
are making records in their place right before the public, but the
funny part of it is, that they make Records on the Phonograph and1
sell them for Graphophone Records, and a bright boy in the place
the other day, asked them how is was that they were making Phono-
for
graph Records xws Graphophone s, and they put him out, so the story
goes.
I wanted to s ay in my letter to-day, but did not have
time that it seems very strange that the Edison-Bell Directors
should go out of town, and leave their business in charge of men
-fo tr-tv-e/xs'
who have not the to draw checks in payment of Drafts, when
they know they were coming in twice a week,. we would not think of
doing such a thing- here.
I was glad to get your cable to-day advising us to rdraw,
because the Phonograph Works were just ready to get mad at us, and
Gilmore being away, Scftermerhorn was in charge, and he is one of'
these men who get sullen, therefore not hearing from me, when ho
expected, he ran up to see Edison, and told him our account was
running a long way behind, so Edison sent him in to see me to-day
but I have straightened them all out again.
New York, September 7th, 1B98,
My Bear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I am duly in receipt of your Personal letter of Qu gust
26th.
Referring to your reamrks on Page 3 in regard to the
possible chance of the Edison-Bell making ol aim upon us Ibr dsnages
on Cabinets, I have explained how the first few machines may not
have carried safely, but your letter does not give tis the impression
that subsequent shipments did not oarry safely, and now we are
using every care to enable them to go safely.
X have said before that these cases are awkwardnto diip,
and we have obtained the opinion of an experienced packed: that they
ought to go safely as now packed, in regard to the machines, I will
write you fully by next mail, but there is one thing very certain,
no slot mechanism can be made whioh will take good pennies and
multilated coins equally well, if the coins are mutilated and bent
we should consider here, that the loss must fall on the party
using them.
In regard to- Iheir criticism about the way we do business
on this side, we do not understand it, and if theyr have- any Xm3da
criticisms let them give explicit cases, and point out just whore
we are wrongnwhen we will be glad to make any correction that is
proper, but you know Mr Moriarty, that Mr Searles was anxious for
money, and we forwarded the Drafts as quickly as possible after
the shipments were made in order to realize upon them, but we alwa*
felt that your had our invoices, which could be turned over to the
Edison-Bell, avenge
did not get off the two sets, and where no
invoices were sent, we believed we have always advised you of the
shipment, either by letter or cable, and generally both.
We shall be most particular^ however in all future ship¬
ments. We realize that the Edison-Bell have a right to know what
they are paying for, and I so wrote Mr Searles last week, and that
if their accounts , as they figured it do not agree, withal our
total figures, they have a right to ask for an explanation.
If we were not forced to make Drafts so promptly, I would
much prefer to allow time enough for the invoices to get there, and
the goods to be checked off before Drafts are forwarded, but as we
need money this does not seemf possible, however I do not think,
inaall your remarks that you have been able to call us to account
for any real error.
I am endeavoring to get rid of the order as quickly as
possible, but I hope you will not lose sight of the fact, that it
will be an advantage to us if you can place your additional order
soon.
It is not practical to forward the invoices attached to the
Drafts, man d is not good policy, because we do not know into whose
hands these Drafts go, and it: -would publish our . prices all over
the country, but I will see to it, that you have the items for
every Draft.
I hope you4,expe stations in regard to the Kdison-Boll disp-
po.lne of ,„o or three tadr.a „„„ „„ „„„„ ^
Newspapers ..!*» ,114 b, realised, but i, see., like . biG bllll„.
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I am sorry you could not take the needed rest, but it
does seem as if things always ^o^ruin when you are away.
I will consider what you have to say in regard to the
small machine, but I do not. think Bdison has a small machine, and
it' would probably take him some time to get one up.
Bettini I believe has finally arranged to manufacture his
machine, and X was sorry that we eo.uld not come to some agreement
with him, because he will certainly put lots of them out, and it
would be better for us to control the situation.
I am unable to send you a sample of it, but if you advise
I will see Bettini again and see whether the matter can be reopened
and what we can do, but it is certain that we would have to advance
some money down, say §5,000.
I am expecting to hear at any time that Bettini will sail
for France, so if you advise anything in th^s matter, do it promptly
xxxxxxxxxxand I will use my best efforts for the Company.
If the Bdison-Bell could place an order for 10,000 of
these small machines, conditional upon our making some satisfactory
arrangement, it would help me, perhpos you had better cable me
your instructions, if you think it advisable to take the matter
up.
Gilmore, has gone to California, and £ do not know just
when he will be back, probably not until the end of this month.
Mr Searles is much better, in fact, Oxenham says he is
all right now, but he will not come to town until the weather is
cooler.
I am glad to hear what work you have accomplished in
regard to the German Company, but I have not time to write anymore.
Yours very truly,
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Dear Sir:-
In aooor dance with your cable of September 15th to stop
all shipments, we hare notified the Multiplex Phonograph Company
to ship no more goods until further orders, therefore they are
to-d^y doing what they can to cut down expenses, althou^i they
advise us, that they cannot risk dismissing two or three of their
men, and they are obliged to keep the rooms they occupy, at a
rental of $100. per month.
The expenses to which they will be subject during the
interval from to-day until shipments are resumed, they expect to
oharge to ua, unless we can show that the fault is entirely theirs,
however we are on good terms with them, and all these matters will
be subject to arbitration at the conclusion of the contract.
WS hope to receive an order from you for the mirrors, upon
which we are paying storage.
We hope that you will soon be able to authorize us to
draw for the balance due for the second half of shipments, because
we will be obliged to pay the Worjep some njOneif next week* and in
ell probability ((>■•*» too
Tfaut&ufi $ MMemont dkcnfary.
W/i/on' d fttoria/tg, /«■ J&M«y Shmctor? IflmtAn/vMjuf/Tef J&m.
Mr Searles 1b not likely to let no have any money next
week, if our bills are not paid by the Bdi son-Bell, and I do not
like to think of the consequences of withholding any payments from
the manufacturers.
Youra i very truly*
Secretary*
New York, September 26th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL,
I am duly In receipt of your letter of September
16th, with eopy of letter to Mr Searles, of eame date, alao the
original letter to Mr Searles, and the marked Prospectus.
I regret that the letters were not recfeved in time to
hand to M * Searles, and I cabled you to this effect.
I note that you say that you will get the matters referred
to^ straight, but at this writing, it does not look particularly
encouraging for the payment of our future invoices, when the Edison
Bell company have only£8500.0.0 in their Treasury, and notwithstand¬
ing that I have read your long letter, I felt it necessary to cable
you to-day, asking for permission to resume shipments, and Ibr
authority to draw for one-half of those shipments, because the
will
Works are piling up goods, and caue^ eriticism among the people
out there if we postpone shipments again this week, in fact they
telephoned in to-day to know if we could not give them authority
to ship this week, and it would be better to avoid this if it is
possible, in addition to this, we have stopped work on the Multi¬
plex, and I oannot tell them the real cause of the order to stop
shipping, and we will probably be charged by them for the expenses
of two or three man whom they are afraid to discharge and for
storage, which is expensive, in the building in which they are
In addition In to asking you for permission to resume
located.
Bhipmonts, I felt that as the Edison-Bell Bank Account is s° low,
that It might not be just the thing for me to tkke the responsibil-
ity of shipping more goods without some idea aa to the payment of
at least the first half, particularly as we received to-day a
letter from our Brokers, which reads as follows: -
The Guaranty Trust Compand have been advised by cable to-day
of the non-payment of your Draft £2224.10.0 3 d/s and the non-
of your D-ft 62202.10.8 3 a/„
being "signing officials away".
We beg to inform you of this for the sake of r regularity
and remain, *
Yours truly,
SCHUMACHER & CO.
I am endeavoring to ship to you, ohe of the large upright
weight-motor niokel-in-the-slot Multiplex Phonographs, just
finished by Gress, but as the. Patents have only just heen applied
for, or may be for some other reason, they have berm putting me off
on this machine, still I think I will get it, and an anxious that
you should have it while Mr Searlea is over there, but PLEASE NOTE
CAREPULLY THAT IP I DO Slip IT, IT IS ON CONDITION THAT YOU WILL
NOW SHOW IT IN SUCH A WAY AS WILLIE LIKELY TO JEOPARDISE THE
CHANCES OP THE GRANTING OP THE PULL PATENTS APPLIED FOR? AND IT IS
ON MY PROMISE, IP I DO. GET IT, THAT IT WILL NOT BE SO SHOWN, THERE¬
FORE PLEASE DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH IT WHICH WILL CAUSE ME ANY
BMBARASSMENT WITH THE MULTIPLEX PEOPLE.
I would like very much to get some orders for the style
of Multiplex whioh I have just shipped you, nepely the new model,
which is so adjusted that you can remove the 5 cylinders at onoe.
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with the s improvement in the slot attachment also. J** £ st£*t&nu£ 4-^
~i.L(r/ fr*- 1 <;XV»,,r,v' n fx /cdi Grafts O *</ /<.<>£.
We expect to make come other little minor improvements
in thiB same model, in perhaps the money-box, and in one or two
other reqpecte.
This model Multiplex, it has occurred to me since
receiving your letter of September 16th, you inight dee to the
advantage of the Company in the settlement of the differences pf
Opinion which seems to exist in relation to the automatic ma chime
and if you are obliged to pay for batteries, we ought to be -entitle/--’-
to some compensation for this improvement in theJUUltiplax, that
is the removing of the 5 cylinders with one operation.
Now kindly note particularly that when you wrote us jib at
t/ag
you expeoted to ohargp the Ndiaon-Bell a £1,000. for the Multiplex
Patents, you probably did not know that the British Patent and
the Australian Patent and all of them cover three principles, as
#irst, ike oki&ihdi Multiplex idea of five cylinders, eakh
removed singly in accordance with Sronr original mode
So oond. The removing of ths five cylinders with one operatlo
ae per the model spat you ppr S.S."UMBRJ)A» September
24th.
Third, The same idea pc phe above, relating to removing
five cylinders- at once, but with some additional
iflestures, making the machine omthe improvement
applicable to a email machine, which we may term the
coraneroial maohine. This latter you have never seen
but we expeet to send you a model, as soon as Grass
is satisfied with the experiment, and as T have
stated before I expect to get everything he has
X hope with no further cost than the expense of the
Patents, wt}i<»h we-, -.hays already agreed: to mSke appli-
eation for.
This ooiraneroial machine is about the size of a Tyne
4, and in a little cabinet.
From That I know of the Hough matter, it seems to me that
the 1,7,000. paid him, was a great deal more than it was worth, and
it looks *ery much as if they did not wish to stir up a matter
which you had shown in so unfavorable a light toward the Directors
of the old Bdison-Bell Company, and I think you did right in pro¬
testing against it.
I cannot understand the Bdison-Bell Company, even think¬
ing for a moment of purchasing premises amounting to 1,12,000. when
they knew they had given out large orders, and a simple calculation
would show them that they could not afford to do so.
Your letter does not indicate that we have been at fault
in any respect, nor have we, *nd I think the stand you took in
connection with the Automatie Machines, was a good one, but 1 will
put it beforb Jrdtt, as I look at it.
First, To Anpliza the contraote.
The Agreement gives the numbers and Types of Machines
shown as models, upon whioh the orders were based, and the filling
of oun order has been strictly in accordance with Article 12.
Article 14 stipulates that they mayirejeet any phono¬
graphs not equal to sample, as hereinbefore fcentloned,
ete.
The Prospectus reads "Intending subscribers arb he-
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quested to inspect the machines which arc on view at
ltdison House, Northumberland Avenue, w.C
This again refers to the models.
The clause you have marked in the Prospectus certainly
refers td k pehriy-in-the-siot cloCk-motor Phonograph,
but 1 have no doubt that you had in mind tfco new Type
of Automatic machine .to be brought forward yrhen completed, and
this probably defers to such a machine, as no clock-
motor rtiaohino was on the market at the time o^making
the contract, and it is clearly impracticable to
substitute a ^lock-motor fdr the electric motor in
large Automatic Machines.
Kindly note that the order from the Bdison-Bell Company
for 1,000 Automatic Multiplex Machines, is dated March
SSri, that one account of the conditions of the order
wS coat'd hot pldoe it Until a month had dlapsed from
the date of the order.
?i}ie f?eye them pmple time tp make any corrections,
because we did not order the goodB manufactured until
M^y 6th, but prior to this date, I wrote you a Personal
letter,.April 26th, and a Company letter of the same
date, showing plainly what style of machine would be
shipped, and seyeral letters in addition or cables, in
which ws emphasized the style of machines we would shi j>
So much for these facts, but how any Board of Directors cf
intelligent men oould withhold our payments upon a pretext
that we had not complied with the Contract, when we are
following the Contraot closely, and shipping machines
according to model, and when no clock motor has ever been
shown to be practical for large nickel-in-the-slot machined
To make Buph a claim, which if carHed outy would be
clearly to the detriment of their Company, indicates to any
unbiased observer an effort to take advantage of a techni¬
cality which has been drawn up by a lawyer unacquainted
with the requirements of the business, and which no
conscientious business man should countenance for a moment.
If I were asked what I recognized as my guide and
authority in filling the orders, I should without hesitation,
say the agreement, not the Prospectus, for the Prospectus
endeavors to describe the contract, and the contraot is the
fouhdaiibn, therefore if an error has been committed in the
Froepedt^e, or if it is not perfectly clear, that cannot
affect or influence a party to the oontraet who agrees to
fill orders under that oontraet according to sample
machines.
It is rather late in the day to make a claim after 434
machines are out, and yielding; good profits.
In view of all these facte, I think you have done much
more than would have been required of you by agreeing to
Supply the batteries, if the matter hdd been referred to
arbitration.
The Contention made that machines were not complete
without batteries, is erroneous, we supply the machine, as
a machine eomplete, and it is not customary to supply the
batteries free of cost, they might as well say, an engine
is not complete,, without the coal to run it.
I am greatly surprised at Mr Riddell
We are notified to-.day of the return of our two
Drafts, which we frilf refer to in^separate letter, but I
hope yoh Will not cofnfede thS batteries* if ouh Drafts
are hot ^re/tSctSd.
1 hqpyw have not lost Sight pf the fact that we have
^een paused, a good deal Of expehBS for protest oharges,
interact, cables et#, due to the difficulty we have had
in obtaining payment for our Drafts,
The whole trouble is due to the flaet that the Bdis en¬
roll find themselves getting short of funds.
Referring to your hSmarka conssming the re-forming of
the Bdi son-gell Company, or an amalgamation with the nSw
some reasons which wo,uld
indeed. . To have men in
the Board who are antagonistic for seen reason or other,
is H great detriment to the succass of the business, and
retards a broad progressive policy, therefore it wbuld be
a decided advantage if other men ware Wirt.*
There ape some defects in the .contra**, and some stipula¬
tions wijich aannot be fulfilled, therefor* it would be
an advantage to remedy these defects*
The large amount of money which would result to us
from such a combination, would bs acceptable indeed.
It seems to me that a he# Board of Directors is
absolutely neceeeary to the success of the Edison Bell Co
and without yqu they would have been lost long ago.
I think X wrote you eome considerable time ago, that
I thought it Vac a hii stake to give the title, »f the Edieo*
Bell Continental Phonograph Company, to the Company for
th* pomnrn, Whan *t >>■ OQ jpj0b the tttle Of the
english Company, and the pUl^ic would hover learn to
discriminate, between them.
There is one thing though to be ' remembered, that when
new negotiations are begun, it is impossible to say whets
they will end, and I personally dread thflm in the Phono¬
graph business, for months go by and senses pile up,
when no returns are forth o t
Continental Company, there are
make it a very desirable thing
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-when no returns .are font booming, and negotiations retard
the business unti,l they are -finally completed, and if the
Bdi son-Bell Company vr ere to apoentairi that such a move
was Contemplated, they would -be likely to lose interest
iji the bliei'hBsd, and pusli it le8la aotiVeijf/ and in Sli
probability after audh a combination had becfh practically
agree^ to, theta would, be a great difference in
ae to the tprma, and probably disagreement on almost evCry
point, eveh wharf you think that every point haa been
acoepted and agreed td, something turns up which oauaea a
months delay, but yoh are aueh a master at this sprt of
hihing, that perhaps yoii pan put it through quickly, and in
that odee, X think it would be a great food thing.
It ia true ad: *ou state that the ns* people would- want
the best ttiit tit the fcdi aon-BOll -Contract , which ia more
favorable thih thrfif IfaU
if ? zm ,an4 j^id gn o)?paridnity of closing the
*t Wt qon^njinlial dompegy, ^ getting a ojertaln
Of ymOnP y p&id dP»n and. P>ma orders handed in, 1
would <J,p^that first, if it could u dene without delay, in
x»rdp.r to get the brines a Started ih every country, and
Jceep np going, *h«n you oodld take a little more time, and
-amalgamate the tSS countrifee afterwards, but as matters
-stand chow, -nelafr la exceedingly dangerous
The Pantheon, 1, 3&5, Church SI&2&4, Whitechapel,
. ORAN a E, N.Y.,
New York, September 30th, 1898.
My dear Mr Mori arty : -PERSONAL .
Your letter of September 21at, has Just been received, it
came on the "BRITANNIC" which reached the dock at 11 o'clock, today
but I do not expect to see Mr Annan or Mr Smith before to-morrow at
least.
I note all your cautions, and will endeavor to use gobd
judgement in any matter which may come up, and I note also that the
Manager and the Assistant Manager are strongly opposed to the
news-paper scheme, this strikes me as mo3t extraordinary, because
it cannot fail to benefit the Company, an.d although it might not
produoe as many sales as anticipated, still it goes *thout saying
t tJZS
that the Company will reap Vig benefit, and for two employees to
take up arms against it, is a thing I should think the Board of
Directors would terminate i*i short order; it seems most remarkable
that the employees of the Company should work againBt its success.
I do not know what sort of an Accountant Mr Annan is, but
umJ
I never saw One yet that I^afraid of, perhaps I have my lesson-to
learn.
Your 8 wry truly, /•
F.S. I note that you Bay, we will maintain the prioe of $80. for
the Multiplex, And $KQt for the Bettini machines, and we must give
the SdiBon-Bell credit for the $10. difference, and that they are
entitled to this by every obligation of right and justice.
When it comes to a question of right and justioe, I cannot
see it in the light you do, because the contract reads, that Type
5 machines in lots of 1,000 are to be billed at $70. f.o.b. Hew
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York, this you know is the Multiplex, while Type 6 which
is the Bettini machine, or rather the Large Spring Motor with the
Bettini Reproducer is priced at $80. f.o.b. New York, in any number
less than 1,000.
U we were to carry out stridtly this contract, theue
would be a credit %o the Edison-Rell OQjmppmy p t $10. per machine on
the 1,000 Multiplex, and no credit on the Type 6, but i?e were under
the impression that you had arranged with the Bdison-Bell Company
that they should pay us $80. tfach for the Multiple* Machines as
per your letter of April 28th,
unless advised to the contrary,
1898, and l
! will keep to this view
Yours. very truly.
P.S. Please do not overlook the
on Multiplex machines at $70.
fact that we do not make any money
Now York, October 4th, 1898,
My dear Mr. Morlarty; -PERSONAL
® have not yet seen either Mr Smith or Mr Annan, and I am
not particularly anxious to see them, but if they do cone in, you
can rely upon my using the best judgement possible in view of all
the circumstances in matters that they are likely to bring up, and
of course I would give them no information about our Company .
I under stand the matter of the Automatics perfectly, and
also the cause of any delay there may have been, in any of the
shipments, but X have gone into thiB whole matter in previous
letters, therefore I do not I think there is anything to add.
The Gross Automatic Machine* here bring them in about
#2.50 a week, and this seems to me very;;good business where this
automatic business is now an old story.
Please let me say one word more of caution in regard to.
thiB weight-motor machine, it is now positively promised for next
Saturday’s steamer, but please do not fail to realize that the
patents about being Me*, applied for by Gross, must not be inter¬
fered with, and another very important point, is, that I do not
know yet how we will stand in connection with this machine, because
it is entirely separate and distinct from any of the*&other
maohines, and the only part we own abqut it is the Multiplex portion
therefore do not make any promises in regard to it, or even show it
at all untUJ know a little more, but I realize what patents we
own of bothflPhonograph^and now' the Multiplex portion, and the
Graphophone Patents, one of which is nearly run out, and all the
other oircumatanoea in oonnetion with the busineaa, but'. Greaa
suggested to me something abput a separate agreement for this
weight-motor machine; however I did not care to diacusB that matter
nbw, tha main thing I am working for at tliis moment, is to get ohe
of the machines into par poassspiqji, sn<i to let you see it, in any
event nothing will be done in the setter, or pan be done without
bpth Mr Searle8 and your approval, therefore do not feel uneasy
about it.
Ypurs very truly.
foau/eitt Jfomadjd Seteenv. §. TlWimtem Secretary.
M-uoryStinctoK' I^Am/M^uU/eiJ^Uam
Dear Sir:-
Mr Gilmore called me up on the telephone to-day, to know
whether we were going to make any shipments this week, as the rail¬
road Company threathen to withdraw the car which has been standing
in the Works yard for over three weeks.
You remember the Works have a contract with the transporta¬
tion Company to ship so many goodB to London, and the«p are object¬
ing to the non-shipment of any goods at all, week after week.
If you desire the Phonograph Works to discontinue any
further work on the orders for us, you had better notify me by cable;
although I am afraid it is too late now.
The reason I mention this, is, that Gilmore remarked that
he was going ahead with the balance of the orders, and as I have
no instructions to the contrary, I told him it w^s all right,
especially as I did not want him to perceive any weakness on our
part.
He did not fail to call my attention to the fact that he
had asked for money, and I cabled Mr Searles for $6,000. last week,
but of course *e t^e ec^ou^t rune on
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]&1i/i/imi/3r7?lo>ria'rti/ &■ 72™ <>//»<{<
& 7777bmimi/, $€crefutry.
but of course as the account runs on, they will want more money' we
will also be obliged to pay Bettinl, and I am expecting every day
for dress to make a demand for money also .
We have paid him for nearly 800 machines, and we owe him
a royalty. besides, for over 100 machines. We agreed to take the
machines 'r.o.b. Brooklyn.
In View of these facts, and also because Gilmore stated
that he was relying upon us for money for his pay-roWt on Saturday
next, 1 felt it necessary to remind you by cable, that we were
counting upon receiving some money on Thursday, also that we cannot
put off the shipment of goods which we have positively ordered^mueh
longer.
The Drafts on the Edison Bell Company No. 30 and 31, of
which we wrote last week have been returned, but in addition to
the expenses named }n my previous letter, we have also paid an
additional sum of 50 cents for an error in the protest charges, and
an additional sum of $6.75 for Protest for non-payment, you will
note therefore that both Drafts were iprotested for non-acceptance
as well as for non-payment.
You wrote me personally September 30th, on page 8th "that
you regret
<fo/n,$.<£>t:eta'ted, fflan'daiti J7i<»iumj$ (ffc/titew/-; 7777lort/i<m', $,ecrct<try.
$te/iAert,7F77ton&rtt/Jm-Bni</ai6 fttfawy Stocetotf 7$iit/m/i/77i77titl/ei JTcumwk
•you regret we drew the Drafts, because you state^ you telegraphed
us not to do so, etc etc* now the real facts in connection with
these two DraftB are these.
You cabled us September 7th as follows: -
YOU CAN DRAW FOR FIRST HALF ONLY AGAINST BILL OF LADING.
Upon receipt of this oable, we immediately forwarded
Draft No. 30, dated September 7th, for 12224.10.0 and September 10tL
No. 31, 12202.10.8.
Your next cable in regard to Drafts, was not received
until September 27th, in it you stated as follows
UNDBR NO 0IRCUMSTANCB8 MUST YOU DRAW. POSITIVELY STOP UNTIL YOU
YOU RECEIVE FURTHTO INSTRUCTIONS ALL EXPENSES.
The above is the history of the Drafts, sines whieh time
we have not drawn any Drafts at all.
In regard to stopping all expenses, I do not know whether
I understand what you. mean, but the fact is that we cannot stop
expenses entirely, because the Multiplex machines are stored, and
we cannot avoid paying storage, there will also be some other
expenses, of which I cannot form any idea at present, and when we
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77. 7l'.777ortion/, $emv£try,
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27 Wl LLIAM STREET,
are expecting from week to week to receive orders to ship, there
has been no time when it would have been good business policy to
discharge the one or two men who know how to put together the Multi
plex machines.
As for expenses at the Works, they are continuing the
manufacture of the goods, as we have stated.
The Foreman on the Multiplex work, has been employed more
or less by Mr OreBs on other work, so that I will endeavor to make
as good a settlement with him as possible, when the proper time,
comes, but do not forget that all these expenses, su<h as storage,
wages of these men for three or four weeks or more, cables, pro¬
test charge s on Draf terror the last two Drafts are not the only
ones that have been protested, and necessitated numerous cables^
all these expenses were not occasioned by faults or errors of our
Company, ^'properly belong to the Bdison-Bell Company,
Let me remind you also, an item of no small amount is
the Internal Revenue Stamps on Drafts, and the Stamps on the last
two Drafts returned amount to a total of $4.42. CU cle^c7
New York, Oetober 14th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL
After no end of disappointment, I succeeded to-day in
getting off to you the weightmotor .Phonograph, and at the last
moment had to hire a Bpeoial wagon and send Cornelius up to the
Multiplex office to get it shipped, however it is onboard now, and
I hope it will arrive safely, for I gave the fullest instructions
about the packing, if they have carried them out properly, but you
oannot rely on things unless you see iti done yourself.
I hope you will understand "h6w to set this up, and if iti^
possible, I will send you sane drawings or data, which will assist
you, by next st earner.
Please do not forget that I have not yet oome to terms
with Gre88 about Ihia machine, beoause my main objeot has been,
first and foremost to get a model to you.
The Multiple* people have ordered 200 of those built, as
I have previously informed you, and they expect to build at onee
200 of their small machine, which they call the "commercial", of
which I have also previously written.
They are undoubtedly commencing to do business, and I'
believe they will sueoeed, for ihey have plenty of money to push it
and thty have made two! contracts with railroad Companies tomplaee
these weightmotor machines.
Mr Gross said to us that if we did not hurry up, they
would have more machines out than we would-
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Theso Gross men will be active in this business, and they
are about to get up a price-list which they expect to make most
complete in every respect, and they asked me for one of our price¬
lists, which we use abroad as a guide to aid them in working up
theirs.
I did ndt refuse this, because X did not want to admit
that neither our office or the TSdison-Bell may have issued any, if
however the Edison-Bell Company have issued a price-list, or any
data which goe s to the publie. showing cutB of machines, and
there would be no harm in showing them, I would like to have two or
three of whatever you may have, although as the Multiplex people
are only interested in Multiplex machines, this could not interest
them beyond tjj^ittany more than to give them a general idea how to
get up their printed matter.
These men as I have written you have obeyed my instruc¬
tions, and my requests up to the present time, and I have been able
to rely upon them so far.
Yours very truly,
P.S, I really think that if you find this machine practical, we
are entitled to payment if by chance wa acquire the foreign Patents
for this machine, I will aand you on* of thtir eonmeroial mashlnes
as soon aa they have a modal. I fear a just learned that they
packed the entire weightmotor machine, exeept the weights in one
huge box, but I hope it will go safely.
Pn.1t/P/f.
Stt/Jwil'J/rff/oriarfi/, 7ti<y PmttPtf
Ss/tbon;
Mv&oty SUmc/m?
& 7&ffier£ton< <£wc/<mj.
fl LLIAM STREET,
John E. Searles, Esq., President,
Hotel Cecil,
London, England.
T's?
My deer Sir:-
4toli.er_15ih,_l.a93^^_
I have done my best to put off payments, both to
the Phonograph Works and to the Multiplex Company, also to Eettini,
and I cannot give a plausible reason for any ill rt her delay in
making payments to them.
I have just hed a talk over the telephone with Giamore
and he lias recently called at our office twice, but I have put him
off until next week, when he certainly must have some money, as
well as the other people.
If no money is cabled us by the time you receive this
letter, I hope that you will not delay a moments time in cabling us
a good remittance, for the Phonograph Works alone asked for $6,000.
October 4th, and they will want mone now, also do not forget the
other people.
They cannot understand why we do not order the goods
forward, and I dislike to steo Mr Gross come into the office, for I
really do not know what to say to him.
The Phonograph Works will be obliged to unpack the car
which they have loaded with stood a for us, and return the car to the
ft/r/o £.<S/xtf/ai. ffiaurAitt; J%mhuj& <§</tdom & 7&7/ltm4ont dleenfwrp.
Ste/i/iMi^: fllonarty, ZSc /&»<&*£■ Muon/ Stinctor.' Wnt/m/l'7MSi^i^coM
Company if the roods e.re not ordered forward by Monday, therefore
these oirour.stanoes are embarassinR , and are likely to spoil the
pood impression, and the encouragement Edison and the Works felt
after your interview with Mr Edison on^eveninp of September 23rd.
I trust you will see the importance of some relief in
IZUml.
th=fe« matter.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
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S. P. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England
Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt thia morning of a letter from DeCaatro
a oopy of which we enolose.
The amount he names in the letter is incorreot, it should
be $1, 586. 17, but we agreed to advertise his goods, as far as
possible, al though without it aking time to refer to the agreement,
my recollection is that I did not bind the Company positilvely in
this respect.
Ii^rouldLiketo hear from you in reply to this letter, and
would suggest that you acquaint Mr Searles with its c entente.
Enclosed please find a postal card from C. P. Pielding,
28a Grand Parade, Cork Inland, for your attention.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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New York, Oct. 14th, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Co.
27 William Street, City.
Centlemen:-
Acoording to the tenor of the agreement signed between
your company and myself, >you are under the obligations to fairly
advertise my goods in the United Kingdom and its colonies.
I am sorry to say that nothing has been done in that line
by you, and that even the catalogues are still in bundles as they
were received at your London office, no effort having been made for
their distribution amongst the trade and the public.
I feel that I am obliged to call your attention to this
violation of one of the most important articles of our contract.
There isAanother clause which has not been respected by
you, it refers to the payment of our bills.
It is positively stated as you know that on receipt of the
goods by you in New York, they wer*e to be paid at once - but, this
has not been done either.
There is still a balanoe due^us of $1986.00 since the first
day of Sept.
My aim has been and is to work harmoniously with your
company and to see our business relations getting closer each ttey,
but, to reach that purpose it is absolutely necessary that both
parties shall fulfill their obligations, and so far as I am concern
ed you are aware that I htihnT kept all mine.
[ENCLOSURE]
I trust that I will not be obliged to complain in the future
and that you will see that I receive fair treatment throu^i your
hands.
Verys truly yours,
S. Bettini
per A. DeCastro.
New York, October 17th, 1898.
M jr dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I want to give .you an idea of what I'b thought of the
jMultiplex Phonograph here, or atleast what some people evidently
think of it.
A ppomjnent lousiness man of New York City, with
plenty of money has made a written offer, xxxxvcxx* sp .says Mr
M. V. Gress, to purchase the United States Patents and Rights for
the Multiplex, and to form a Company, giving Gr^ss 51# of the
Shares, and putting into the Company the cash value of his 49# of
Shares for working capital, but not to pay Gress or the Multiplex
Company any cash in addition.
I think he said the Company must be capitalized for
$300,000. but I am not perfectly positive aboutthis, and the capita/
of course regulates the amount of money to be paid in.
Thfjjr have thrsie weeks* in which to come to a decision, and
X told him not to be in top big a hurry in a thing of that kind,
because I do not want to see any more people in this business, and
w hile I can get along with Gress now, it would be quite a differ¬
ent thing if a Company was formed, and I want -to know how we are
coming out on this weight motor machine, before they become
associated with an.y other people.
I am in hopes that we will get some more orders for
Multiplex machines, which would aid very muoh in enabling me to
make satisfactory terms for ti>is weight motor, because X want
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everything they have got for our territory, and this machine may
be an important factor in our future dealings with Edison, and if
it should become popular, the Patents will be valuable to us In
foreign territory.
There was no money-box sent with the model weightmotor
///««/£* tie d few
machine, and if any of thej^ Were ordered, there would be a^little
improvements, because I hurried them constantly tp get /this machinf-'
off to you.
Grass intends to put these weight motor machines in all
the stations on the rail-roads, and X think we ought, to do the
same thing abroad, but we ought to get our money for the present
Automatics before they sea this one.
Will you let me know what you think, of it.
Mr G. V. Grass has just gone South, and they are sending
him one of the models of their little so called commercial machine
as he wants to make a few little improvements in it, When this is
done, they w^ll lbt nib have a model, and this liiaohine can be riggsrf
up either foruwe. fith /a battery, pr a clpekmqtpr, according as dLy
are ordered to be manufactured.
Your 8 very truly,
Secretary.
n Ne w York, October 1* th, 1898
My Dear Mr Mori arty: -PERSONAL.
You will probably realize from the statement sent you
by this mail,rwith remarks upon the various accounts of the
Company, how unsatisfactory, and almost impossible of a correct
understanding any sort of a Statement we might render to the
Fidelity and Safe Deposit Company, would be.
In addition there is no statement at present, which we
oould render to them, to which we could swear as being absolutely
oorrect, and no statement could be rendered to them, without
some explanation, therefore it would be so much better, if this
guarantee could be annuled.
I suppose that if it became a positive and absolute
necessity to render a statement, I might be able to make up some¬
thing, but certainly nothing that would be satisfactory to me.
The .Statements am sending have not been made up without
a good deal&Of labor, and if you desire it, I can give you
complete and full detailed inibnhation about every item, which
goes to make up the total of $313,436.27, which we call a loss,
but no statement which we oould render would be entirely oorrect
and satisfactory, unless we knew the oorrect amount of stook we
have on hand, and the value of the Patents unsold, as well as
coorreot information in regard to Phonographs Legalised in France
and other London Aeoounts, also the value of the German interest,
and legal interest made up on such accounts as are entitled to it
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oto( etc..
Yours very truly,
New York, October 19th, 1898.
lly Dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL
Mr Annan called this afternoon about half past three
o'c look, and stated that he had not been able to give any attention/
to the Phonograph business up to this time, and that he had just
reoeived a cable informing him of the death of his wife's mother,
also that his son was ill, so that he wants to return as quick^as
possible, and expeetsto reach London about November 2nd, and to
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see Mr SearleB upon his arrival.
He goes to Canada to-morrow evening, but has made an
appointment with me to call in to-morrow a little after 11 o' dock
and will hand ms a statement.
He talked a good deal about the Automatio machine, and
/the wording of the Prospeotus, but I represented to him, that
the machines were not practical^ equipped with clookmotor for the
purpose they use them, and he spoke of his liability under the
English law, eto.
This kind of talk has given me very little opinion of Mr
Hr
Annan as a business man, ibut^I showed him that delays in manufac¬
turing sometimes could not be foreseen, ^xxffeetrawUr his talk was^,
too absurd to diseuss*
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put "in $25,000. of his own mOney^^
and that he of oourse did not want to lose it.
I remarked a little later that as all matters had been
settled on the other side, it was not worth while to discuss the
matter
matter further, he however is rather inclined to speak slightingly
or insinuate that he had not every confidence in you, without
really saying much, and while I may be mistaken, he rather gave me
the Impression that he thought the Automatic Prospectus business
was intentional, and udiile I spoke in an easy confidential manner,
I gave him to understand that I resented it. Please understand
that there was nothing said that one could take hold of, but such
w as the impression I received.
Shortly after Mr Annan went out, Mr Smith came in, and
as he has to go to Philadelphia to see the Cramps to-morrow morning
he cannot come down to the office *4>th Mr Annan, and he will stop
at the Holland House and notify Mr Annan on the way uptown.
Mr Smith will return to New York, from Philadelphia, n
Baltimore and Washington on Monday. or Tuesday next, and wants to
see Mr Edison, so I volunteered to pilot him out.
He did not seemed, disposed to talk about the Phonograph
this afternoon, except in a general way, and had nothing diaagree-
able to say.
There is a vast differ* ce in these two men, and he gave
me a pleasant impression, he is^much broader business han altogethe/t/
I told Ur Annan, when he spoke of this Automatic business
that you certainly gave everyone of their Board of Directors every
opportunity to understand the kind of machines they were ordering,
and had a very competent man in Mr Brossa to explain every detail.
Mr. Annan remarked sonjot^i^jg about .Mr grossa being a very
nice fellow, and he evidently thinks very well indeed of him.
Mr Annan stated that he had received a cable.ifrom the
othercside to the effect that everything had been arranged, and
that the Edison-Bell would be in direct communication with New York
in future^ but I hope not.
When Mr Annan left, just before going out of the door, he
remarked "of coursp you are haturally doing the bes£for yoUr
Company" referring to my remarks, or replies, but I stated that if
we were at fault, I would acknowledge it, and he said he would
point it out to me, but he cannot, and I have noticed that when it
comes down to exact facts, Mr Annan oannot say much against our
Company, except to say we must work in harmony together, and that
the Company's Uepresentative on the other side must taeet them in a
fairer spirit also,, but he would not say in what respect we had not
met them in a fair spirit.
Both Mr Annan and Mr Smith remarked upon the fact that
thW Graphophone place on Broadway, was not crowded, and had very
few people in it.
OCTOBER 20th, I am under the impression that Annan is of the
opinion that you are only a representative of this Company in
London, and he is evidently not friendly to you, and I remember you
wrote me something on this subject some time ago, therefore in vier
of this warped idea of his, and the tendency he has to make so much
of trifles, and create disturbance, X think he will constantly
stand in the way of the success of the Company. He came in again
today, but did ^et.qt^y lo^^ he. would send me his book-
keepers statement. -4-
He remarks every once In a while something about his
$25,000. in the Company, and that he does not want to lose it, so
if I may advise on the subjeot, X should think it would be a good
thing for somebody to buy him out.
He asked me whether Edison was interested in this Company
and I said, "well Mr Annan, I do not feei at liberty to answer
"that question, and he replied "you do not seem to care to tell me
"anything", to which I replied, "you know Mr Annanthat as far as
I am concerned I should have no hesitation in informing you, and
there is no reason why you should not know, buttas you are doubtless
aware, I do not know the wishes of my superior&in this matter,
therefore pxeffexxiiaftx as it tfannot be oj^ interest to your Company
Iwould rather not discuss it, he said yes I see, you are perfectly
right, and X honor you for it.
Mr Annan stated that they had a nice place at 29 Charing
CROSS Road, and that they intended to plaoe machines all around on ctu.
grouhd floor, and have electric lights jHcxxx* everywhere, also that
in the Edison House, they have machines stored around everywhere,
in the lavatories, and a great many at the dock not yet delivered.
I did not discuss this subject however, as X did not know
what it might lead to.
If however Mr Annan shall remain permanently in the
Co mpany you oould accomplish more with him by making a studious
effort to make him your friendj yet a man with small ideas will
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never be anything elBe, and he seeme to have so much fear of losing
his moneys and of being connected with a Company, which might not
be a success.
Something Mr Annan said caused me to reply that Mr
Moriarty is in correspondence with this offioe, when Annan said
yes, I know that, and X would like to see some of that correspon¬
dence, X suppose there is no chance to see any of it? and he lokked
at me inquiringly, I replied that it would not be of any interest
to him, but of course you know it would.
I Hope you are taking good care of my letters, for I woulci
not like them to fall into peoples hands, who had no business with
them. What would become of them in case ^anything happened to you.
o> r yiu were away any great length of time?.
I have not informed either Mr Annan or Mr Smith that we
have received a remittance from you of £1,600. or that you remitted
us money to make good the Drafts returned by the Edi son-Bell>, or
any information in fact about our Company, and it 1b fliot likely
that Mr Annan will ask any more pointed questions since X have
deolined to give him any information in regard to Mr Edison's
interests or to show him any letters.
Mr. AnhAn hndeMr.-Smithnwill sail from here together o'fbthe
Steamship "TEUTONIC", Wednesday, October 26th.
Mr Tuttle came in to the office this morning, and said
that he had not received the money from Mr Searles, that Mr Searle3
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had cabled him that he would remit about #8,000., and that he wae
to h and me, I think he said #6,600. so you see that if the money
had not been sent to me, I would not have received it all, and Ur
might have caused me some embarassment .
Two people cannot manage the same thing well, andMf.
TUTTLE did not inlbntt me that Mr Searlea would send #8,000. until
this morning after 1 had told him that I had received LI, 600. there¬
fore if: you had not Mtoled me, I would have known only of $6,600.
I informed him that the reason he had not received the
remittance from Mr Searlee, was^due to'the fact that Mr Searlea
was not aware at: the moment of sending his cable, that you had
already remitted, then Tuttle said.^ut Mr Searlea said that he
would aend it,^I said, well, the remittance I received eame from
Mr. Moriarty, and if Mr Searlea had sent an additional remittance,
I c ould have used it all, as I will need more money next week,
particularly if we are obliged to ship many goods.
I wrote you last Saturday fully in regard to how we stand
in reference to shipments, and notwithstanding what I have Just
remarked in this letter about being able to uae more money, I would
not pay out anything, until it was really necessary, but it makes
me feel much easier if I know
zPosiaaj X&jl
at I oan get it when needed;
o^v^y (rol C4 r r‘ 1 ' •
urs very truly, '
New York, Ootober 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr. Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
1 send you by this mail the latest catalogue of the
Natiohal Phonograph Company.
The Edison store at 26th Street and Broadway, has a cells '(/
in which they have erected some three or Ibur partitions like the
following drawing, where people listen to records, and select their
New York, October 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
I remarked to Mr Annan that his Company did not treat
us very well in returning our Drfats, anel causing us inconvenience
and annoyance, besides putting us to a good deal of expense, the
return of his last Drafts costing us, something like $100.
ffiheiabb'vedyas the Result of something said by Mr Annan,
which I do not now remember.
He replied that we should be under obligations to them
for honoring our Drafts, to which I answered that we advanced large
sums of money for the speedy fulfillment of his orders, and that we
had a President who was a very great deal more than a figurehead,
who took a great deal of interest in the business, and was of great
financial standingl in addition to which, we wwere able to fill any
orders we might receive.
Mr Annan stated during the conversation, that you had
informed him that we needed money.
6 o’clock, P.M. X have just returned from the Phonograph Works
having accompanied Mr Smith to Orange.
He came into the office about the middle of the day, but
as he had not notified me, by telegraph as he had promised to do,
I did not know whether he could get here, therefore did not make an
appointment for him, in consequence of which, he was not able to
see either Mr Edison or Mr Oilmore, although I saw Gilmore early
in the week, and told him I might bring Mr Smith out on Monday or
Tuesday, but he then said, that he did not think that Edison could
remain away from the Mine.
In point of fact however, I did not regret thiB very much
as there was no one left at the Works who would be likejyto talk
too much, and I called up Mr Sohermerhorn the assistant Manager on
the phone to-day, and prepared him for our coming.
When I got there, I informed him that I did not wish to
show Mr Edison's duplicating machine, therefore that room was
passed by, but I made the trip very interesting indeed to Mr Smith
showed him all through the factory, the big machinery, and the
making of speakers and wax blanks, in fact everything that was of
interest, remarking upon them in a gener&l way, without going too
very much ihfodetail.
We then stopped in^ .. a little place on the way to the
Laboratory, where he saw a girlsilnfeing into the Phonograph, and
which was in charge of Walter Miller.
I asked for one of the records for Mr Smith, which was
presented to him(J* from there we went to the Laboratory, where he
w as shown Mr. Edison's collection of minerals, and the X Rays.
He was able to see the bones of his hand and arm through
hi 8 glove and coat.
There was no conversation during the whole day that was
objectionable, and I am sure I made him enjoy the trip.
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He speaks very nicely of you, and is anxious to see Mr
Searles on his arrival in London.
I found him a very pleasant man indeedj
In consequence of toy time being takdn up to-day with Mr
Smith, I was unable to Bhip you the oarrying case and little sample
cabinet spoken of in my last letter, but it will go by next steamer
Mr Smith is on hope in connection withthe Diamond Match
Company, it seems to toe he said he had been elected President, and
he visited two of the principle factories.
I am expecting Mr Annan every moment to call for his
Statement, but as the vessel sails within an hour and a half, I
must this letter.
He aalled while I was at Orange yesterday for an explana¬
tion of the account, and said he would return between 5 and 6
o'clock, but he did not come in up to 7 o'clock, P. M.
Yours very truly.
(r^y
EDIRONIA LIMITED.
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NOTICE IR HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General
Meeting of the above named Company v/ill be held at 39, Charing
Cross Road, W. C. on ¥-ri..day the lffith day of November, 1898.
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sub joined Resolution
which was passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the Company
held on the 26th day of October, 1898. will be submitted for
confirmation as a special Resolution.
That the Articles of Association of the Company be al¬
tered in manner following
(A) In Article 21 the following words shall be deleted
and omitted "But paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause
"shall not apply where the proposed transferee is already
"a member (holding hore than 10 shares) nor to a transfer
"made pursuant to clause 27 hereof".
(B) Articles 22 to 29 both inclusive shall be cancelled.
(C) In Article 50 the words (One share of the Company
"or stock of the equivalent nominal value" shall be
substituted for the words "Shares or Stocks of the Company
"to the nominal vqlue of £1,000."
(D) The following Articles shall be substituted for
Articles 57 and- 58 respectively that is to say.
57. The Directors may from time to time appoint one or
more of their body to be Managing Director or Managing
Directors of the Company either for a fixed term or
without any limitation as to the period for which he or
they is or are to hold such office and may from time to time
remove or dismiss him or them from office and appoint
another or others in his or their place or places.
The remuneration of a Managing Director shall from time
to time be fixed by the Directors or by the Company in
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General Meeting and may be by way of salary or commission
or participation in profits or by all or any of these
means.
58. A Managing Director shall not while he continues
to hold office be subject to retirement by rotation and
he shall not be taken into account in determining the
rotation of retirement of Directors but he shall subject
to the provisions of any contract between him and the
Company be subject to the same provisions as to resig¬
nation and removal as the other Directors of the Company
and if he cease to hold the office of Director from any
cause he shall ipso facto and immediately cease to be
a Managing Director.
(E) In Article 69 the words "a Managing Director"
shall be substituted for the words "the Managing
Director".
(P) In Article 60 the words "(except the said James
Edward Hough)" shall be deleted and omitted.
(G) Article 61 shall be cancelled.
DATED this 27th day of October 1898.
By Order.
(Signed) A. Simpson Slater.
Secretary,
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f\ LLIAM STREET,
So hn E. Searles, Esq. , President,
London, England.
My Dear Sir:-
X am just in receipt of a notice from Samuel H. Grey
Attorney General for the State of New .Tersey, notifying us that
unless we pay the sum of$l,177.78 for state taxes for 1897, by the
22nd of November at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, that he will apply
to the Chancellor of the State, at the State House in the City of
Tr enton for an "IN-TUMCTION to restrain the Edison United Phono¬
graph Company, its Officers and Agents from the exercise of any
franchise of said corporation ORNTHE TRANSACTION OP ANY BUSINESS.
You will see from this that we cannot do any business
after the 22nd of November, unless this tax is paid, therefore we
trust you will kindly send us an order fbr th9 amount by return-
mail.
■ Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Sljc feplimtliou (dmnp<tttg fltmitck
S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
Representative of the Edison United Phonograph Co.
Edison House,
Northumberland Avenue, W.C.
Dear Sir,
Prom the last conversation I had the pleasure of having
with you, in the presence of Lord Parquhar, I gathered that you
were inclined to waive your claim to the payment of £50,000 prior
to any distribution of profits.
This morning I have had a letter from Baron X. de
Gunzburg, in which he says that unless this concession were made
he would not consider the business very attractive. He has been
giving it his attention since his return to Paris, and in the
event of your conceding this point he would doubtless take it in
hand con amore. dfa.
Will you kindly favour me with a definite proposition
in writing, so as to clear the way for a successful issue.
I aw, dear Sir,
Managing Dir
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(Qefom/t
H LLIAM STREET,
S.F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sir:-
Mr Schermerhorn at the Phonograph Works called me up this
morning, and asked me for $3,500. or $4,000. and stated that Mr
Gilmore had gone up to see Mr Edison at the Mines in regard to
financial matters, and that he was disappointed at not getting as
much money as he expected from us, but as I wrote you I paid him
October 20th $5,500. therefore as I have only paid Bettinl $750.
out of the LI, 600. you remitted October 17th, I have still a balance-
of $1,521.20.
It is fortunate that I did not pay these parties anymore
at that time for I knew that they would again demand sane money
very shortly, and as they did not know how much I had, I on now
able to remit the Works $1,000. which I will do to-night, as
promised by telephone upon condition that they do not ask for any¬
more until some time next week.
In regard to Bettini, his account was $2,086.17, I paid
him on account of this October 4th$500. October 26th $750., and
will send him as little as I can the next remittance, whioh will
tym$.$eaideA JfcmMjd Sei&eni Zl.7?for*km S^ntcvry.
dte/t/wz/J: ftlamrfy, %mu&*6 Mnon, 3HraStmr 1$nt/in>/*M3uM* J5la*«v*
be veryrshortly, therefor-' you will see, that if X give Bettini the
remainder of the money I have, say $521.20, there will still be d ue
him $314.97, which kindly note particularly.
Both of these people were put out at not getting tin all
the money they wanted, and DeCastro forgot himself down in our
office and refused the check that X offered him, but thought better
of it before he left, you know how excited, a man like that sometimes,
becomes.
In regard to Gross, I wrote you quite fully by last mail,
aid they have certainly acted in a most gentlemanly manner, but
we now owe them a considerable aim of money, and the delay in
shipments is not their fault.
I am anxiously looking for a reply Jo my cable of
October 25th, and hope you wild be able to send some money on to
give them a substantial payment.
You know they can recall the Multiplex Patents or demand
the return of them from us, if we do not pay their Royalty.
X think these people can be of service to us, and if we
lose fany money, and are put to expense on account of the non-payment"/^
of their bills, and on a^ou^t
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27 Wl LLI AM STREET,
the bills of the Edison-Bell Company, and on account of expenses
occasioned by this delay and their not taking the goods they have
ordered, they really ought to be sued for damages.
I hope the situation will be relieved before long.
Yours very truly,
Z<r-t '
Secretary.
7?rau///>n6 S/trion: TlTttmims dtten&vru.
We enclose you copy of a letter from E. W. Kinsey, Agent
f or the H. 0. Underwood Manufacturing Company, dated November 1st,
wh ich refers to a system of labeling the Records, also to an
improvement in pegs for holding records, and we are shipping you
per Steamship "BRITANNIC" sailing Wednesday, November 2nd, one of
the small carrying cases fitted with these pegs, and shewing you
the two styles of labeling Records, one by number the other by ham?
of which we referred in our previous letter, although Mr Kinsey
neglected to fit up thewn carrying case sent you by the previous
steamer, making it necessary for us to purchase this small one.
Please give us your opinion of it, also KINDLY NOTE THAT
I HAVE GIVEN MY PROMISE THAT THIS IDEA WILL NOT BE SHOWN EITHER AS
REGARDS THE LABELING OR THE STYLE OP PEGS, as Mr Kinsey expects to
apply for a Patent, and he does not wish to do anything which will
be detrimental to his interest.
Yours very truly.
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II. C. UNDERWOOD MANUFACTURING CO
Manufacturers of
Cabinets, Chests, Fancy Boxes.
New York, November 1st, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Company
#' 27 William Street, City.
Gentlemen: -
The object of this invention ismfor the purpose of doing
away with the loose label that has always been used for the purpose
of identifying the record. 'The comblh&tiott of the spring and tube
with the closed top being fitted into a hollow tube stationary in
the box, the label therefore being round, is placed on top of this
covered tube and is alw&Yf in plain sight and overcomes the incon¬
venience of picking up the loose label which sometimes becomes lost
andin order to find out the record, you have got to put i^Ton and
try it. Furthermore, in removing the reeopd from the case, in
pushing the two fingers down on the covered top as far as possible
spreading the fingers, you will find that the action of the spring
assists in Lifting the record more easily with less dnager of
breaking it. Also that this mechanism placed in a cabinet where
u is
label and/ cover out with the record aniT pu
place and vice versa with the other. Therefore, it at no time
requires a new label. These labels are printed on gum paper,
stamped out to the proper size and are produced very cheaply and
b eing so gumed are very readily put in their proper place.
As there are two patents covering this classification of worlf
the thick felt in the bottom together with the manner in which the
tube lis put in the bottom of the &ox, as is shown by the aceompany-
ingnsketch, which itmakes almost impossible to break them loose
from their support, and as well as keeping them in thiir proper
shape.
FIGURES.
The one showing the figures are me'ant for the purpose of
use in cabinets where the drawers are marked or lettered on the
outside as A.B.C., etc., and the drawers being numbered on the in¬
side, each drawer, 1-2-3, etc., to as high as there are pegs in
tha drawer, then the code is formed by giving letter A. with the
contents marked on the margin, 1-2-3 etc., giving each number the
name of the piece that the record is, as will be shown by diagram.
Therefore, in making selection of pieces that you desire to- use
you have merely to consult the code.
We enclose herewith several sample labels.
Yours very truly,
{ Sgd. ) E. U. Kinsey.'
icgrds and the
xchange
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DRAWER A.
No.
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Cornfield Medley; •
2
My Old Kentuoky Home.
3
I want them Presents Back. !
4
Hugh MoCue : Irish Right THROUGH. !
5
Girl I Left Behind Me. !
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12
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DRAWER B.
Church Scene.
2
Si ok flail
3
All Coons Look Alike To Me.
4
5
Dear Heart.
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S. F. Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
De ar Sir:-
I suppose you feel like kicking me for sending you the
cable of November 1st in resrard to shipments, and the one to-day
in regard to money, but I think you would probably do the same
thing if you were here, and were importuned constantly for monejr,
and in regard to shipments, but so far I have been able to keep
these people from breaking. out.
I cannot however keep them satisfied unless I give them
some money at least, and last week when the Works wanted $2,500. I
kept them quiet by remitting a check on Thursday for a thousand
Dollars, which I had saved out of your remittance, but Schermerhorn
paid me a visit yesterday, and stated that Gilmore would come in to
see me to-morrow, for the purpose of getting some money.
We owe the Works about $5,500. and they have completed
all of our orders, exoept the No. 2 Type, and have one ear packed
full of goods which has been standing in the yard for some time.
to
Schermerhorn made the statement that they would have^stop
work on our goods unless we ordered them forward, and that their
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bills . for material were due, and they needed money fbr wages besides,
I have been ashed repeatedly by Grass for money on accoun£~
of the Royalty on the Multiplex machines, which anountsto $5,000.
on the 1,000 Machines, and he claims they are notnresponsible fbr
delays in shipments, therefore the whole amount is due on the 1st tr^-
October, aeeording^the contract.
To-day however, I received a letter from him, a copy of
which I enclose, but in addition to this, he had urged me the day
before to give him some money on this account, that thwy had calcu¬
lated upon it, and made contracts dependant upon their getting the
whole sum and now it is long past dfce^ so that if they do no get
it, I would not be surprised at anything they might do, for they
are hot headed Southern men , and I had an illustration of this fait
a few days ago, when they ordered a man out of their offiee, however
if f do not get a remittance, I wll^Jhat 1 can to Faoifjr them, al¬
though they are-niueh dissatisifed, and I have been putting them
off so many times.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
New York, N.Y. Nov. 2, 1898.
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
27 William St.
City.
Gentlemen? -
We are in receipt of a wire this a.m. from our President
directing that we advance certain moneys to our Contractors also
that we make certain other; purchases for our new machines at ones.
We will therefore have, to request that you make an inmediate pay¬
ment on account of Royalty due. If you could advance one-half of
it this week we would be willing to wait 10 to 15 days for the
balance although we trust you will be more prompt in providing for
the meeting of this obligation in the future.
Yours very truly,
MULTIPLEX PHONOGRAPH 00.,
M. V. Gress,
Vice-Prest.
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i-’.y dear Sir
I have just heard from M# Cress, by telephone, and he has
explained to me in a very nice way, I must confess, the position he
stands in in regard to hi s- 1 contracts, whidh require money at once,
and his father has gone South leaving him in charge of the business
, He knows precisely how his Father feels in regard to the
contract made with this Company, and without any display of temper
or ill-feeling, for I have endeavored to make a friend of this
young man, he said to me, "you know Mr Morison, if I telegraph to
"my Father that that Royalty has not been paid, he will in all
"probability direct me to take some step which I would not want to
"do",
This Royalty should be looked upon in the light of a Note
etc.
Mr Searles this obligation cannot be put off, and whether
X can delay the matter until this letter has time to reqoh you, I
do not know, but I have an appointment to meet Gress to-morrow
morning, Election Day end a holiday, and I hope to receive some
word by cable by that time -with remittance, but if I do not , I
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will endeavor tc» put mai tors off asx for c voek ns stated.
I know Sir brass' father very will indeed, and exactly the
character of r.irn he is, and if he ware to become provoked at us,
.i n such a msttar, he would be liable to # ive us some annoyance, in
addition to which, we have not yet gotten the Patents we have asked
for, and these ne n can be of service to us, as matters stand to-day
but it is necessary that their confidence in us be retained.
I trust that you will take up the matter in earnest, and
remit to me by cable, either the money or authority to obtain it
here.
If this had been the first time that payment had been
demandod, it would be another matter, but please remember, that I
have carried this alonjj sins e the first of October.
I rely upon a cable from you imraedeately upon the receipt"-
of this letter, if sufficient remittance is not made in the meantim
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
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Dear Sir:-
We wrote you November 4th that there was a liability of
the Phonograph Works or the National Company shipping goods every¬
where, and we have by chance to-daycome across some goods of the
National Phonograph Company, on Broad Street, which seemix to be
awaiting shipment.
They wore shipped from Orange to Chas F. Whiting,
Manufacturing Export Agent, 51 Broad Street, New York City, and as
this man is an Export Agent, it doeB not require very keen precep-
tion to realize that these goods were in all probability to be
shipped to this Company's territory.
This looks as if Mr Gilmore had decided to carry out his
threat, if I may call it such, and I am perfectly convinced that
unless we do business,Athe Phonograph Works will not use their
influence to stay the shipments to fb reign territory.
I am also of the opinion, as I stated in a previous letted
that if our prices were more in aocorflwith the prices here, there
would notAthe same inducement for ibreigners to seek better prices
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hero through their commission merchants, in addition to which the
commission merchants receive big discounts, and it is to their
interest to sell these goods, and they make every effort to dOiiso.
We cannot prevent maohines going abroad, unless we have
the co-operation of Mr Edison, and this delay has hurt us very much
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
S. F. Moriarty, Esq., V.P. New York, November 16th, 1898.
London, England.
My dear Mr Moriarty;- ' .
You will doubtless have seen from my letters, from time
to time, that the situation here was gradually narrowing down to a
point, when either Gross or Gilmore! would actually kick over the
traces.
That point. I sawjwhen X sent you 6§^c able of November 14,
would be reached this week, and Gilmore has absolutely refuse® to
wait beyond Thursday for shipping instruction® and money.
Thursday is the day when the car is hauled’ out of the
Works yard by the rail-road Company, at noon^fbr shipment to the
dock.
As far as Grtfss- is concerned!, we have hurt ourselves in
the estimation of the father, G. V. Gress^ by the long delay, but
particularly by the failure to pay the Royalty, and you know he is
a hard man to reconciles, if he gets a notion,: however we have had n
no serious open ruptures with him up to this moment, but it will
corns’ speedily if we do not make payment this week for I have en¬
courage® them in the belief that we would do so after I received
your cables of November 11th.
M. V. Gres®, the son is counting: absolutely upon money
this week, and threatened to cancel the contractteLast ,-week, in whic£
ease we would not receive our Patent®, but a® I believe the matter
in London will be satisfactorily arrange® in accordance with your
cable of November llth, that we will have authority TO SHIP ALL
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LARGE TYPES: 4, 5>, and S, AND) 500 TYPE) 2:, and that we SHALL BE ABLE
TO DRAW/ UPON BILL OP LADINffi at 3 DAYS and 30 DAYS RESPECTIVELY POR
FIRST AND SECOND HALVES, there does not seem any necessity for
dilating further upon this subject, but I write this to go by to¬
day's steamer, in case there should be any mishap.
Yours very truly,
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Secretary.
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Dear Sir:-
We are just in receipt of your cable of November 18th,
in which you state you have made arrangements for us to draw aneL
ship December' 10th, etc.
We have not yet. notified! the Works or Gres® of this cable
and as itifsmearly four o'clock, Friday afternoon, and to-morrow
is a half fholiday, I may not be obliged! tD fight this out before'
Monday, but the point I wish to make in this letter, is that
Gilmore has threatened to sell that stock of goods packed in the
nro xAjdd*
car in the Works yard’, which^embarass us in shipping goods when
they were actually wanted, if he carried out his threat, (l realize
however that peopleoften say more than they mean in anger^) in
addition to which the Works need'.; money, and Gres® wants his, so
that it remains to be seen whether' I can keep these people? in check
until the date you set.
Your cable of November 11th, was very reassuring, and
gave me something to go on in talking to these people^ but have
we any better reason for relying upon your cable of November 18th
then orr
than on the cable of November 11th? however we shall rely upon
your cable of November 18th, and I will inform these people that wo
have positive? instructions to ship December 10th, therefore if we
can carry things nalong until that time, which at this moment I
doubt, I hope there will be no withdrawal of these instructions.
LET ME CAUTION YOU, AND I CANNOT EMPHASIZE IT TOO STRDHG-
LY THAT. IE*’ WE FORWARD DRAFTS " WHICH GO FORWARD BY STEAMER SAILING
DECEMBER 10th, OR YOU SHOULD INSTRUCT US TO DRAW SOONER, PLEASE
REMEMBER THAT IF THOSE DRAFTS SHOULD BY ANY CHANCE OR FOR ANY
REASON WHATSOEVER1 NOT BE ACCEPTED AND PAID BY THE EDISON-- BELL CO.
WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEM GOOD HERE ON CABLE ADVICES FROM THE
OTHER SIDE THAT THE DRAFTS HAD NOT BEEN PAID OR ACCEPTED', AND THIS
WOULD BMBARASS THIS COMPANY VERY SERIOUSLY INDEED',. AND WOULD BE
EXCEEDINGLY HARMFUL TO MR. SEARLES PERSONALLY, THEREFOR® IF WE DRAW
THE DRAFTS MUST BE PAID'.
We hope Mr Searle® will have returned by that time*, in
which case he would have to make them good, unless he oho^se that
this Company should go tonprotest.
I wish simply to sett these facts before you, in order
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that no chances may be taken.
We note that you will writs us to-day with instructions,
but the matter' is not now so much the shipment of machines, as it
is the fact that they need money, although the shipment of machines
will give us money to pay them, they however want it how?.
We have written so fully, and so often, in order that you
may fully understand the turn of affairs here from timeto time.
Please remember' that I do not know atiithis ^tjtae how I
shall succeed with either aig^Sforks or Gress*
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
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S. EL Moriarty, Esq.,
London, England.
Dear Sin:-
In addition to the letters we have written you by this
mail, please take particular note of the fact that IN ADDITION TO
ORDERING SHIPPED^ THE GOODS AT THE WORKS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY THAT
THE MULT* PLEX AU TO MATI C MACHINES STORED IN BROOKLYN,
.TYPE1 ffi, IN ORDER TO^ENABLE US TO DRAW FOR THEM, AND TO GET MONEY
ENOUGH TO PAY^GRESSJIIS^OOO. ROYALTY.
We hope there will be no trouble about this Rpyalty
business’ when we come to pay it, but Gress talks a good deal about
demanding a guarantee for future payments^ however there may be no
trouble?, although he gets on a high horse sometimes and he expects
me to advise him on Monday in regard to the whole matter, but we
shall see how it comes out, you know he has the right now to cancel
the contract, and demand back his Patents, and may refuse- to give
us those we; have paid for-. Yours very truly
Secretary.
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My Dear Mr Morriarty
According to youp ppomise I was in- hop9 whan paaching New
Y«p|< that youp Mr Mirnison, woulo hava received from you a letter concerning all
the matters we talked apout^also the oposp for the records and tha other goods. 1 '
I am sorry to say that up to this time Mr Morrison1 aid ndt hear fpdm y^ou and
so far he did not send me the cheque for the Palanoe which is due me.
What about the arrangement wa spoke of. I wish you would let me know at
your earliest convenience whether you expect to close the deal with me on the condi¬
tions we mutually agreed upon1 or if you have cropped the matter entirely.
It is very important for me to know your intentions one way or the other.
1 havs informed that my English syndicate for the small machine of j
which I spoke to you while in1 London1, have on their own acoount asked the Edison
Sell Co., an order for those machines which the?- failed to obtain1. - |
I have not hearo Since my return that the Soison1 Co., has any new low priceai
machines ready for the -market^ if it is so oont you think it woulo Pe better for you,1
to make some arrangement for my machine for the Unitea Kingdom specially when1 you
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consider the propatulity of the combination' oonoerning all my business with your
company/you woulo^in fact be directly interested in' the matter.
Will you please reply to this letter by return' of mail and oo not forget to
give Mr Morrison' instructions apout .turning over to your company the duplicating/
plant as agreed upon.
S. F. Morriarty,
Edison House,
Northumberland Ave,,
Yours very truly.
%4p±r
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New York, November- 25th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moroarty: -PERSONAL.
In reply to your letter- of November- 16th, I will take'
care of the trunk sent with Col: Ochiltree, and see' that your
Brother- getBitt.
Betti ni asked me this morning how the Continental business
was getting along, and when I did not reply to Ms satisfaction?, he
said! Mr Moriarty told me all about: it, however- I did not know how
much you did say, therefore' I did not discuss it at all, and passed
it off with some casual remark, but I hope it is. progressing to
your entire satisfaction, and! will soon be concluded’,
I note what you say in regard to arranging an agency here
for Sputh America, Mexico and Central America.
There is no question; but that a considerable business' is
being done in- South America, and I gave you some idea? of this about
a week ago.
My letter will also make clear to you how perfectly
impossible it would be to sell goods here in competition with
Stevens, if he continues to be supported by the Works' for tf the
information we; have received? is true, and it appears to b^
Stevens would be able to do a kittle better than any prices we y
could quote, no matter what they were, and the only way to enable
us to do business here, is to have the entire anf faithful! support
of Mr Edison, and all the people at the Works.
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Markt & Company, I undersyand, are the largest, buyers, and wo>
would not stand any chance whatever- with them, with Stevens fight¬
ing on prices and supported by the Works.
The injunction wee had against the Works; Mr Searles ha®
agreed to annuli, and under the circumstances, I do not thiink it.
would be safe’ to encourage the “Edison-Bell Company in the belief
that they can sell any quantity of machines* or take advantage of
the Shristmas- trade here..
The whole business- in this section of this Company, will
have to be placed on a better footing- than it is to-day, to
enable u>s to any quantity of goods.
I would be very glad indeed to throw any business-- in your
Brother's way , but I am sure that he would be no more sanguine in
regard to it than I am, as matters stand at pfiesen^r
I hope to receive an answer in repljr, in detail^in
regard to the letter- t wrote you November 15rth in regard to
Bettini, but Inote that you are desirous of putting him: off' a
little--.
He state® that hfs goods are in- demand] abroad, and he;
said someone sold 196 of hi® Reproducers or Outfits in a mfcnth; was
Path)4 Preres?
X obtained from Bettini this morning the original agree¬
ment made by him with the American Graphophqn® Co, and I enclose
you a copy of it.
In view of this Agreement, I shall be very careful what
I do with Bettini.
As I have written you, he wants us to hang out our sign
in one of the rooms in the Judge Building:, and let him make the
records for us there, but this would be equivalent to our manufac¬
turing in New? Tiork State:, and we could not then say that we do mot
do :.busine-ss: here-
I told Bettini he was a big fool for signing this agrees
menu, and if I feel doubtful as to what I can do, I shall just run
over and see: Mr Hughes*
Gilmore has just called me up, and he 4s in a great
state of mind about money.
He is quite right in the statement that he has a lot of
goods for us tied up there, which have not been paid for, as* well
as a balance on the goods already shipped’.
I said , well you know Mr. Gilmore-, that there will be* i»
trouble about money just as soon as w@ get started shipping, but he
wantedl to know whether December 10th, was definite, ete, and I said
it was, so I hope^there will be no slip up about it, however this
did notnsatisfipdl^and he says he must have some money next week,
so for the present, I told him that I expected to hear some news-
about shipments on Monday, but if the news i« not satisfactory,
I would consider- what could be done-, and I may cable you to see
if we cannot get a little- money next week.
He received a cable from Mr Searletr, I belieVe he said
something to the effect that he wished him to put Matters off until
his return, but Gilmore says he cannot do it, however we shall see.
The Fidelity/ & Deposit Company called-in to-day and asked
for a check for $500. the amount of their bill, but I put him off
until the last part of December, and promised to fix him up^ fully
a week before the 1st of January^in order to enable them to make
a good showing in their Reports.
I hope to hear from you that this Guarantee has been
annulled, it is a regular nuisance, and they ought to realize now
that there is no necessity for it.
Yours very truly,
I,h"e I "raid Ilk. to be able
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My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
After a conversation with Mr Searles yesterday,
it was decided to ship all of the Types 4 and 6 machines, but Mr.
Searles hesitated on account of not having at hand the resolution
of the Board, however your cable to him was read, and I remarked
that it was in plain English, so that it was finally decided' to
ship, and 1 telephoned .Gilmore instructions as soon as X came from
Mir Searles office.
One important factor in the decision was, that we had to
have money at once, and Mr Searles presence here is not sufficient
unless he pays, that Gilmore demanded money this week and would not
ship the Type 4 and 6 machines, until I had arranged with Mr
Searles to guarantee that he would pay immediately three- fourths
of the shipment and the remaining fourth in 30 days according to
the terms of our contract with the Works, and this even was not
satisfactory, and Gilmore came to our office this morning-, demand¬
ing positive assurance from me, that he would get both the full
amount, we owe the Phonograph Works and the National Phonograph
Company for past shipments, remittance- to be made this week, and
he was determined and positive in tone, and absolutely refused to
ship the goods otherwise.
In regard to Grass, I am doing the best I can with them,
and will pay them something- this week, Saturday or Monday but
cannot give them all they want, and he remarked to me that X must
surely realize* that his dealings with us have been far from satis¬
factory, and that he would rather himself go without clothes to
his back rather than not meet his contracts.
He has not paid for all the goods for our order, and
our potipgying him hurts his credit he says, and that he gets
dunning letters which annoy him very much. You know his manufac¬
turing for us is on a different basis from .the Works, as they have
not a big plant, and must pay for the goods they order, also he
ordered some goods himself and calculated on our $5,000. Royalty
to help him out, so you see* it requires some judgement to keep
these people in order.
I had a short talk with Mr. Searles a few days ago, and
he told me something of his visit to London and Paris in the
interest of the Company, but complete details will come X suppose
in due course;, and when the contracts of both Companies; are
actually signed.
Mr. Searles also wrote me on receipt by him, of your
cable as follows: -
Mr. Morrison, December- 7th, 1898.
27 William St., City.
Depar Sir:-
Contracts not signed5, E.B. Company will not pail until';
contracts signed!. Q
Hope something can be done5 during next few days.
Yours truly,
J . E. Searles1
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I am sending you by this mail a copy of "Phonoscope" for
September and October, November is not out yet, but you will find
in the October number a good deal of matter in connection with the
suit of the American Graphophone Company against the National
Gramophone: Company and Prank Seaman.
X have also sent copies’ of these to Mr Searles, but as
he is going out’..of town, I will not be abje to have a talk with him
until next week in relation to the matters referred! to in them,
also in regard to your letters to him of November 30th, which have
just been received, but Mr. Searles asked me if I had received the
original copy of resolution of Board in relation to ordering
shipped! Types 4 and 6 etc, I said: no, he warn annoyed at this, and
I have no doubt he will write you to send original papers to the
office’, so that if you do this, and you want an original also, you
can always get two originals.
Yours, very truly.
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My Dear Mr. Morlarty:
Your letters of the 30th. ult. came to h»n^ yester¬
day and have all received due attention.
1. A. o. Co. i was very much surprised at the proposition sub¬
mitted in this business. You characterise it as a “slight change from
the basis proposed", but l find it a very material one and, as indicated
in my cable, it is not one which I can accept.
X found on my arrival here that the business is progressing in a
very satisfactory manner, and the indications are so very promising for
its future that there is a decided feeling against the sale of the balance
of the Preferred on the basis of par. It is argued, and reasonably,
that the money is not required until next Sumner and that meanwhile the
showing of this year AS business will be such that the stock will readi¬
ly command a premium, in view of its high rate of interest. As I indi¬
cated in my cable I would not be willing to make any other terms than
those proposed including the positive sale of 300 Common. I will try to
secure in addition an option for a reasonable time on 250 additional, in
case they should wish to acquire it, as I have no dox&t they will.
There is to be a meeting of the oompany pn the 20th. and I fear that
unless the matter is definitely dosed by that time there will be a dis¬
position to withdraw the option on the remaining stock and let the matter
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go over until next spring. I trust, therefore, to hear from you definite-
ly at once regarding the matter.
Inasmuch as the proposal as it now stands is the original one, it
will not affect in any way our personal agreement.
Regarding the second subject of the same letter, I await your fur¬
ther advices. I should not be willing to undertake that branch of the
business on any terms, unless the other proposition goes through.
IX* The E.U.P. Co. According to your oables, which are more re¬
cent than your letter, you have thus far been unable to collect anything
on account of the Automatics.
We are shipping Nos. 4 & 6 today, as also the goods ordered from jh
Bettini.
You have not complied with the condition on which I insisted, but
must do so at once, viz: forward to the New York office the original of
the order given and the authorization to draw. Please attend to this by
return mail. ^ ^ - _ 4 yjL __
I will direct Mr.Morrison to secure as promptly as possible the pa¬
pers you want concerning the gramophone.
I am glad to note the improved business of the E.U.P. Co. . I trust
it will steadily increase and that you will be. able, soon, to realize on
the £40,000 Preferences and remit.
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III. FRANCE. I am glad to learn by your oable received yester¬
day, that the oontraot with Lukash has been signed and I shall expect next
week a remittance of £15,000- and order for 5,000 machines.
IV. I note that at the time you wrote-you had not found the mis¬
sing box, but your cable advises that it has been found and forwarded,
for which accept my thanks.
I was so busy that I missed the mid-week mail, but I am pleased to
state now that, notwithstanding the heavy gales through which we passed
we arrived safely on Saturday evening last, all in good health.
I delivered to Mrs. M. that portion of our baggage which interested
herjj. Mrs. Searles has been so busy during the week with family matters
at our home in Brooklyn that we have not had a visit, as yet, with Mrs.
M. but I have seen her every day and am pleased to report that she seems
quite well. V le hope to spend an evening with her very soon.
Wishing you prompt success in all your endeavors and hoping to hear
from you again very soon by wire with some positive news which is enoour-
aging, I remain
Yours truly,
S/Gr'CZ.
S.F.Moriarty Esq.
London, Eng.
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London, Eng.
Bear Sir:
I an in receipt of your several letters of the 3rd. inst.
I. A.C.Co. Not hearing from you in reply to my cable of the 8th. tost.
I sent you a message this morning in view of certain conditions and a
few minutes later received your cable to which I promptly replied accept¬
ing your proposition and agreeing to allow the bonus of £30,000- to the
syndicate. This X do without prejudice to my agreement with you notwith¬
standing it cuts down by that amount my interest.
As I cabled you this morning there is a strong feeling here that
our preferred shares will sell at a very considerable premium, early in
the new year, and for that reason some of our directors are quite strenu¬
ous in their opposition to disposing of them at the present time. If,
however, I hear i*om you during the present week, as indicated in my cable,
the matter will be closed without any question.
II. E-B Co. Your letter contains nothing new as to the situation
except your suggestion concerning the small machines. Edison is very anx¬
ious to see me, but I am avoiding him until I hear from you definitely
respecting shipment of No. s machines and the closing up of our old con¬
tracts. I had supposed that by this time 1 would be in receipt of the
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order for the 5, BOO machines for Paris this would put me on a footing to
talK with him; but 1 repeat what I said to you before leaving Paris. It
is useless to approach him for any better terms or with a view to any
adjustment until we are in a position to offer him some business on a
large scale.
Regarding the South American business, I do not believe the arrange
ment you suggest can be made, but this also would be contingent upon the
matters referred to above. Meanwhile I will look into the business
with South America and see what the prospects are.
III. Prance: Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the let¬
ters you send me relating to this business. These letters do not contain
that which you were to get and send me in the form of a letter, viz. the
definite agreement to cash one half our founders’ shares in the French
Company and pay us £15,000- These letters simply reiterate the propo¬
sition in the first letter to you, which I stated at the time we were in
London would not be acceptable unless coupled with an agreement for a
cash payment. I am surprised, therefore, that you should have written
them a letter accenting these terms without the further agreement which
was according to my understanding, absolute and definite and which was
the basis of my approval.
I await with interest the contract referred to in order to see that
we have been properly protected. I remain
Yours truly.
December 13th. 1898
Stephen F. Moriarty Esq. ,
London, England.
Dear Mr. Moriarty:
I am in receipt this morning of your cable, asking that
I send you the Power of Attorney to enable you to execute a contract with
the syndicate. I see no earthly reason for any such contract in as much
as the terms provided in your own cable, perfectly protect them. They
are to remit the money to the Western National Bank to be paid over on,
recelpt^of ^the stook Pray what more can they get in a contract? Besides
this would involve a delay which it is very important to avoid for reasons
in mine of yesterday. I have cabled to you in accordance with the above
and await your answer.
Without any other of your favors to acknowledge, I remain
Yours very truly,
New York, December 15th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
Mr Searles Is laid up with a cold or the Grippe, and this
is the third day he has not come down, but in answer to a short
note I wrote him, asking for some money for Bettini, he sent an
inquiry asking whether we had drawn on the Edison Bell for the
Records and Recorders, so that he evidently expects those bills to
be paid for,, cash, and we hope you will be able to remit for them.
I hope you will like the Recor4s'we are sending, but next
time see if you cannot get a little bit more for Bettini Records.
Mr Searles has not yet seen Edison, and I do not know at
this moment when he will, but he is undoubtedly waiting for a
remittance of $10,000. from the Edison-Bell or for the signing
of the contract' with the Freeh Company.
Dec^: 16th. Since writing the above I have ascertained that I
cannot see Mr Searles until Monday, December 19th, and that he
will not see Mr Edison this week for he will not be able to oome
down town until next week.
Your letters of December 7th, with copies of letters to
Mr Searles are just this momentr.receivedi, but X have not had time
to digest them.
I note from your Weeksly Reports that you have received
from the Edison Bell Company £185.19.0 for the Cabinets in tfull
settlement, they will go forward immediately upom completion.
Yours very truly.
New York, December 16th, 1898.
My dear Mr Moriarty: -PERSONAL.
The rn GRAMOPHONE SUIT
The Phonoscope for November’ will be out next week, and iw
will contain a good deal of matter’ in connection with the Gramo¬
phone suit-
It is sqid that Judge Lacombe decision* is, that the
Gramophone was of no commercial value until they commenced to use
the Graphophone Patents.
The Gramophone Company claimed that the Patents they were
using (the Graphophone Patents) expired long ago. I will send you
a copy of Phonoscope as soon as it is out.
The suit want against the Gramophone people?, but they
have filed an appeal.
It is possible that I will be able to send you next
week full and exact matter in connection with this suit.
RUSSELL HUNTING,'* HOUGH i
It is reported that Russell Hunting has been engaged by
Hough at a salary of $7,000. a year and a commission, and he sailed
for London about two weeks.
HOUGH & KELLEY.
A man by the name of Kelley whose first name we do not
know is reported to have gone to London with a big stock of Phono¬
graphs, Graphophones, Records and Supplies* having sailed about a
-2-
week ago.
Among the goods he took, was a late Graphophone', this is
the new Graphophone which has been exhibited lately to an invited
audience in Washington.
The list price is $250. and the cylinders are listed at
$5.00 each. They are not regularly on the market yet., but they
have a great big cylinder, almost as big as your head in circum-
feranae;, butt it winds hard, it is however many times more distinct
than the present Phonograph or Graphophone, and Norcross whom you
know as making the Norcross Records here, says it is perfectly
wonderful.
SPEED1 The speed is very rapid, because the reproducer must
travel around this big cylinder in about the same time as= * phono¬
graph style® travels around an ordinary record.
I have not seen one yet, but I intend to try to do so,
but from all accounts Hough is undoubtedly mixed up in this matter,
and you ought to be able to get hold of the one he has go*.
HUNTING was engaged by the Edi sonia Company.
Mr. Pratt's action in writing me that time causes me to
suspect that the Edison-Bell might possibly be cutting up this
trick without your knowledge.
POLYPHONE.
The Polyphone which you have Been advertised in the last
Phonogoope sent you has been selling fast it is said, and we>
believe that Hunting was the New York Agent for this, and he may
have some of them with him.
They are made by the Graphophone Company, under a contract
with the Polyphone people, and Easton them to list these machines
at $30. list, that is to say it is used on an Eagle Graphophone!,
the selling price of which is $15.00 and the selling price of the
attachment.
Polyphone is $15i. making $30.
You see how the Graphophone peoples are on the qui vivei
for everything;.
BETTI NI SMALL MACHINE'
Bettinf is reported to have said that the delay in
bringing out the small machine- is due to the fact that Easton is
trying to compel him to list his machine5 at $15. the mm price
that Easton is trying to compel the Chicago people to sell his
Eagle machine in connection with the Polyphone at $15.
You see therefore that notwithstanding the fact- that the
Eagle Graphophone isilisfed in New York at $10. oi* $12.00 with the
cabinet, he is trying to compel the Chicago people who have the
Polyphona to charge $15. for his. eagle Graphophone in connection
with the Polyphona, and in view of this he is trying to hold
Bettini up *o the same figure. I willnsend you one of these-
Polyphones as soon as I can get onenaxt«week
NORCROSS ATTACHMENT
Norcross has a new Attachment, for Reproducing, which he
says . is very fine-, and I enclose you a little drawing of it, and
will send you one of them as soon as X can get it.
The secret of Recording he will not disclose-, but he is
for the Reproducer1
talcing , out Patents,^ and I Jhimlfe it would be possible for this
Company to purchase them for foreign Countries if you think they
are worth anythin®.
The Attachment was made for use with the Bettini Arm, but
he is now making them so that they can be used with the regular
Phonograph Arm, something like the rough sketch enclosed
You^s very truly,
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London, England/
My Dear Mr. Moriarty:
I am still in bed with the Grip but am better and
expect to be out in a few days. I am in receipt of your letters of the
7th., inst., this morning, all of which have been read with interest.
I. - A. C. Co. I received yesterday P. M. your telegram advising
that meeting for final adjustment will be held tomorrow P. M. at which
time I hope to hear from you that arrangements for remittance:- has been
made in accordance with our agreement. The first of the parties you
give as reference is sick; the second will give a satisfactory rep&rt if
consulted.
X count oh receiving tomorrow evening without fail
advices so definite regarding remittances that I may be able to close
everything on Monday.
II. — E. B. Co.- I note all you say but as another Wednesday has
passed and no remittance save a paltry 300. I place but little confid¬
ence in the fair promises made.%^, £JLjU^pu.
Regarding the SouthAmerican business I would not
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ontertain any proposition which does not give us 2/3 of profits nor would
would I consent to^the E. B. Company^ow»4«g. If you take up the business
we will make every effort to make it successful, but I am unwilling to
give any more guarantees. They must trust us in the matter. If you suc¬
ceed in arranging be=fe4er terms, and meanwhile get a settlement of our old
matters, I will then take the matter up with Edison and make the best
possible arrangement with him.
HI*- France. - Your letter is silent on this subject. Why
did I not receive for approval a copy of the proposed contract and what
has become of the order for 5,000 machines?
Please excuse brevity as I am dictateing from bed
and am very tired. I hope to be out again next week,
Yours very truly,
My dear Mr Moriarty,
£>, ?£/u U&eof,
19 Deo 1898.
Gramophone
Tie copy Bill of Complaint which you have been good enough to
send me does not contain very much information as to the basis of the
olaim of the Graphophone Co. What we require is a copy of the evidence
relating to the alleged infringement. Would you kindly oable for this
as the Gramophone raid upon your rights is becoming a very serious one.
Kindly hand the bearer my preference share oert if ioate in order
Stephen P Moriarty Esq
Edison House
Northumberland Avenue .
Edison House
(copy)
Northumberland Avenue.
Eondon
W.C.
Messrs Riddell Viiaey &. Smith
9 John Street
Bedford Row. W.C.
22nd December 1898
Dear sirs.
re EDISON HOUSEv
1 would like .to have ydu formally notify. the Edison-
Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co that when I made, the agreement wijrh
them in relation to Edison House, it was on the distinct understanding
that the lowest bid reoelved at the time of the sale was £4500, and my
arrangement with them was based upon this exact statement. I therefore
wish you wto notify them that under-these circumstances 1 would not
Wish the Edison House parted with, as far as my part is concerned, for'
any sum less than £4500, as the original upset price was £4500, ar>a We
were told that a bid of £4560, was ’ inade , and it was on this statement
that I made the agreement. I am perfectly willing to live up to any
agreement I make, but I do not wish to be forced to take any lower sum
that was originally intended, and I therefore wish you to notify the
Edison-Bell Con: Phono: Co: that I will adhere, to the agreement I made
on, the bteig that' ,thg_ s.ale must mist be consummated for no less price
than £4500.
Yours very truly
Stephen Moriarty
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S.F.Moriarty Esq.
London, Eng.
My near Sir:
I am in receipt this morning of your letters of the 16th.
inst. whioh did not come by the ST LOUIS but by the 'Etruria" which arriv¬
ed on Saturday evening.
AMERICAN COTTON 00. Your letters regarding this business oontain
nothing later than your cable of last we eh announcing the leaving of a
representative of the syndicate to close the matter on this side, which,
as I wrote you for Saturday' s mail I presume is to complete the negotia¬
tions referred to in your letter. I do not know what is the extent of
the authority given this representative, or what kind of information he
may desire, but whatever it is he will he put in full possession of the
facts on his arrival and I assume there will be no further delay in com¬
pleting the sale as otherwise the option will be withdrawn. Your first
cable stated that he was leaving by steamer, and in answer to my inquiry
as to date of sailing your cable dated Sunday last says he will leave Sat¬
urday, which I assume to be next Saturday, the 31st. and I shall arrange
to be here at the time of his arrival, although I shall be absent from
the City meanwhile.
E - B. Co. I have read with interest your account of the meeting
and of the efforts of Mr. Annan and Mr. Wyatt to complicate the situation
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secured pertaining to all the old matters. The unsettled condition of
these affairs is occasioning me more anxiety than anything else in which
1 am interested, and I am disgusted to learn by the cable to Morison of
the 22nd, that the settlement for the automatics has been put over until
next yea r .
Regarding the South Amerioan business I should not be willing to
execute such a contract as that enclosed. As X have before written you
I rill not consent to guarantee the E.B.Oo. anything. If we undertake
the sales of goods to South Amerioa here for joint account we shall of
course do the best we oan to make the business profitable, but so far
as guaranteeing them anything is concerned, the guarantee ought to be
on the other side, as we shall do all the work and they will take no risks.
These people are always seeking to get some advantage of you in the form
of contracts, and this document is no exception. I notice by your letter
that you state that the £500- to be guaranteed is for the first year,
whereas their contract, see Par. 7, provides that if during any year they
shall not receive £500- profit they have the option to termimte the con¬
tract. Furthermore, the attest to make us responsible for placing 500
machines, and taking th s out of the order now in hand, is not to be con¬
sidered for a moment. The contract is altogether one-sided and impracti¬
cable.
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lotions against Bettini and
the National Phonograph Oo. and in the same letter yo u request the trans¬
fer of Bettini* s patents.
A3 I have repeatedly pointed out the remedy for all these ills is
business for the Edison Phonograph Works and I do not propose going into
any lawsuits as a substitute for this, the only practical solution of the
question.
FRANCE. I am utterly unable to understand your letter relating
to this business, inasmuch as you informed me in Paris that the meeting
for the organization of the Frenoh company was already appointed for the
following week, the papers having already been prepared by the attorney
of Mr. Gunzberg. According to your letter the question of the formation
of the company was still under discussion and apparently no action what¬
ever has been taken. There is no mention of the contract with the Explo¬
ration company which you cabled me on the 0th. inst. had been executed,
nor of the proposed payment of £15,000 in cash which was to be a condi¬
tion of the contract.
Regarding the Continental company no definite steps seem yet to have
been taken. I have been defrring an interview with Edison from week to
week on one plea and another, in the hope that I should have something
definite from you in the shape of contracts which would enable me to deal
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1 note your suggestions regarding Injun
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with him on a favorable basis, but as matters now stand, and in view of
the failure of the E.B. Co. to send shipping orders for. the balance of
their 10,000 machines, an interview will only result in my discomfiture
and oan do no possible good. Nevertheless I fear I shall not be able to
avoid it, in which case I shall be compelled to frankly admit that we
have failed to oarry out our contract and that he is justified in his
criticisms of the company's business methods and in his claims concerning
future business. This is a very mortifying position in view of all that
I have claimed for the Company.
Your last letter makes no reference to the discontinuance of the
guaranty bond of the Baltimore Company, whioh has given me no end of
annoyance, in view of our failure to make good our statement of the compa¬
ny's affairs. You fail also to make any mention of the £40,000 Prefer¬
ences, on the sale of which 1 have depended for the closing up of the
Company's affairs for the year. In view of the increased business of
the E-B Co. it would seem as though they ought to be able to close that
transaction.
If-hen I look back over the correspondence of a year ago I oan only
feel that very little has been accomplished during the year, and I must
confess to a grievous disappointment concerning this whole phonograph bus¬
iness. If the new year shall commence with the clearing up of of these
old matters and the putting of a new phase on the business I can assure
you it will be more than agreeable to r>
Yours\yery_truly,
THE EDISON-BELL CONSOLIDATED - PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
LIMITED.
EDISON HOUSE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C,
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MEMORANDUM.
SHARES INTERNATIONAL GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY.
Deposited Continental Trust Co.
Held by NOTEHOLDERS.
106,
Henry H. Cook, 1,500.
D. Willis James 2,250.
A. B. Twombly, 1,500.
Thomas C. Platt 2,850.
William C. Lovering 1. 500.
OPTIONS.
Thomas MaoKeller Estate
Jno. M. Gest & Mr. Royal. Exrs.
Chas A. Spark 8
Caroline E. F. Graham
Mrs. Mary I. Banks
9,600.
800
400.
67: Certifioate in name of
.67: Aaaron Pries & Jos. Moore
Jr.
Wm. Allison Coohran
Thomas Coohran
,C. A. Coughlin
John S. Conant
C. S. Draper
Jos. J. Sohmidt
Waterbury & Marshall Co.
Prederiok Strauss
D. O. Mills
' Ladenburg Thalman & Co.
G. N. Morison
Johann Georg Wolde
Doubtful.
375 : Chas. Hunsioker
1 :
500
25 »
700 *
250. t
1750. >
250 k
1000 ■'
250 V v'10,
354 >> 31
10 y 6.799
42,565
I. P. Truitt 300
Charles Salmon 300 *
W. Morton Grinnell 500 >
Jno. H. Hall 496 -
Dwight Braman 100 -
Albert P. Schneider 50
Germans 490
Thomas Coohran, unaccounted for 370
R. Williams Jr. 300
Forward'
2.966
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Memorandum representing the proportion of property owned by
Stockholders of the International QrSphophone Company, aggregating
42000 Shares, and which is 84 # of the total issue of Graphophone
Stock*
1440 Shares Capital Stock, Edison Phonograph
Works, at $100. 144000.
84# is 120,960.
84# of the 50# proportion of Assets of
Edison United Phonograph Company
as per Sheet No. 2 & 3 say 198555.
&# if 166,786.20
2500 Shares Capital Stock, Edison United
Phou9graph 00/ at $100, , 250000.
Which represents l/4th the interest
in the AssOta of said Company say
7200*
60012*
72000.
72990.
111918.
72990.
Total AsBOtB397110.
One Fourth if 99,277.50
25# for Manufacturing Right f dUe byDSUtaohi
Bdisdh Phonographen Gesfllsohaft in etoeB 20,004.
. 1 * ,, • eash. «4^oop.
25# for Manufacturing Bidets *ue by Bdisoh-Bell
Phonograph corporation, lid. in stock 24,330.
■ * ■ # •• * * Cash /x 24,330.
' * 479,687.70
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Statement of Assets of Edison United Phonograph Company
and interest of International Oraphophone Company in them
represented by 5000 Shares of Phonograph stook owned by
Oraphophone Company*
Deutsche Edison Phonographen Oesellsohaft, Ltd.
Rm. 333,400 Shares at 24/ 80016.
less 25# for Manufacturing
Rights. 20004.
60012.
Interest of International Oraphophone Co
in above is 50# 30,006.
When 2500 Machine a are sold, German Company will
pay Rm. 400,000. 96000.
Less 25# for Manufacturing
Rights* 24000.
72000.
Interest of International Oraphophone Co
in above is 50# 36,000.
Deutsche Edison Phonographen Oesellsohaft
from Budapest Exhibition
say Rm. 30,000. at 24/ 7200.
Interest of International Orapho-
phone Co. in above 4 0 50# 3,600.
Edison-Bell Phonograph Corporation, Ltd.
4000 Shares at £5* ea. at $4,866 97320.
Leas 25# for Mahufedtur'ing
Rights. #4330.
72990,
Interest of International Grapho-
phone Co in a bot« is 50# . 36,495,
Edison-Bell Phonograph Corporation* Ltd*
AutOmatio Branch §23000. at $4*863 111,918.
Interest of International Orapho¬
phone Co. in above is 50# 55,959, 55,959,
Edison-Bell Phonograph Corporation, Ltd.
L20000 At $4,866 97,320,
Less 25# for Manufacturing Right»24330*
72,990.
interest of IntenStionitl Orapho-
Phonf 00* in 4) oft i* 50# 36.495.
!tot*CU 198,555*
84# is 166,786.20
INTERNATIONAL GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY.
1440 Shares Capital Stook.Edison Phonograph
Works* 144,000.
5000 Shares Capital Stook.Edison United
Phonograph Company at$100. 500,000.
The above etook is 50 % of
the whole issue and is
therefore owner of ona-h^if
the Company's assets say 397,110.
50X is
Total.
84# of this total represents the
interest of 42000 Shares of the
Capital Stock of the International
Graphophone Co., in the above two
Companies.
198.555.
342.555.
Tft. International Grapho: Co: Corporation formed under the Lairs
of the State of New fork Capital $5,000,000, divided into 50,000
Shares of $100, each.
There was an original subscription of $750,000, out of which said
$750,000. , Five hundred thousand Dollar* in Cash was paid to the
Volta Grapho: CoS for the Patent* of Ball, Taintar, and Bell, cells
the Graphophone. Patent*.- The Bilans* or $250,000, waa apent in the
^nTrliug SgSfi1 the EaUipm#Dt of ‘ « Hartford, W
aooording to a cowpltft* d*t*ui*a statement aooounting for avery ’
penny spent which is hew, In, the handwef Mr. Itori*^ .
The asset* of the. International GraphO M Ifeliewo' '
$600,000. worth of atoek wf t&e ^diooh ttalte^^hoiie^h flo.
$144,000. worth Of atoek of Bdieon Phonsgraph woj*#* ,**
A Note fer #37,500. er.tfa*. Bdieon vmt«d.;l>henOgr*iit h*,‘
The statement of the Bdieemmited; ?heh*gr*ph Company, •
capital #1,000,000* dlyidy# intt lO*O0O. Sha^s.e« $ieo. **eh.
5,000 Shares fce2Mc^ttjgq«jpt ,Vi,
Th* mitt of the *• w. V ;V*s.5 8
A2O.000 Berth of the «t9*M*^.*»*g» Bell Phonograph Corporatie
333,400 Marks worth, of sthe;,atoih Of vth*,B*«te*h* «di*e» *h#n«: '
oeaellaeljafte ..
*“• from Bal*°n-BcU Phone: Cor: in aeecrdanew with contrast. .
120,000, the obligation* under the clause af tho centrnet hat* new
been completed and in the event of re-org*nia«t*ett this money een
be eelleeted et enee*
The farther suae duo under the eentreet ere.
123,000, in eeofa payable open the eel* *f the Antenati* Bights for
Greet Britain, which are new under negetietiene with • responsible
party, and a further sum of
£20, 000 o in cash in accordance with the provisions of ths contrast
of the Edison Bell Company and the Edison United Company.
There ia also due from the Deutsche Edison Phono: Geaellsohait
a further sum of
Rm. 200,000. in accordance with the first provision of the oontraet
which is now completed, and another sum of
Rm,-200r000 . ie-*to-be...paid .upon -a- further provi aionofth e - contract
whichda-niwocrapleted.’ahd'aSotfier-BOJtrof*
Rm. 200,000. is to be paid upon a further prevision of the. cob
tract between the Drutwche Edison Phono: Gesellschaft and the
Edison United Phono: Co:
There is also . a further sum at present due ue by the German Company
for the rights given them to exhibit the Phonograph and the
Automatic Machines at the exhibition at Buda Pesth from the
1st of May 1896 and ending November lot, 1896, the agreement being
that we were to receive 10# of the Grose receipts without any sjr-
prnse or liabilities to ua.
Besides this there is about 02,500. due ue from the
German Company for small items
There is also an account against the EdisonBell Company for 02,500.
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[TAE TO EDISON UNITED PHONOGRAPH CO.?]
The proposition which you have made to me has received my
careful consideration, and I hardly think that the terms of it
require much reply from me. But, as a matter of courtesy, I deem
it my duty to write you that on any such, terms negotiations are
quite impossible.
The scheme you put before me practiaally amounts to this, that,
in order to subscribe £20,000 of wowking capital, the subscribers
of that working capital would take £3,S00 per annum out of the
fifcst £5,000 earned, and leave £1,900 to the Patentees who have
incurred the enormous expense of purchasing all the Patent Rights
of all the various Inventors of the Phonograph and the Graphophone,
and who have had to bear the bur'den of -all the Law Suits necessary,
to establish their purchases.
Any proposition which does rfjt contain a large and substantial
payment in cash is one which I cannot entertain for a moment.
When I sold the Patents to the British Company, .many of the
patents had to be established in Law. The Invention was not then
exploited in the practical way in which it is done now, and there
were few Commercial machines existing anywhere. Now there are ‘
upwards of 70^4n constant daily use, and the Invention has passed -froTrb
the region of theory into that of an absolute, undoubted and
certain fact.
By my arrangement „with the British Company I received in the
first instance £40,000^iiTcash and half in shares. Furthermore, I
cynaMMiU “
have to receive all the monies received from the Automatic',fi23,000
CXu.00 n\ <a.<AdU£C<i*\
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frsun-ttiOM. In addition I ^ave to recoive ££-,000 t,%
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when the large Company is formed, ^ aaff one- third of the fully
paid up Shares. So that altogether, from first to last in the
British Company, I shall receive close upon £100,000 in cash, and,
at least approximately, a similar amoutit/in fully paid up Shares.
I adra*£> sake of argument, that in France the same
Commercial paakron do|¬ exist as exist ,fl in this country, and
that the same profits may not be realized as quickly there as here.
iking all that into considerat
desire on my part, /which I cannot i
at ion, and with the utmost
trongly express^VwT^you and
Who are willing, to subscribe for the working capital,
^substantial profit^^^^T^al together ouTof the^question tosuppope
that I would for one moment consider thn? tlio major pm liuu urj.UiJi
It appears to me therefore, that unless you e
v (U^u3-a-t,(S/v
i prepared to
undertake the formation of a Company with something like £100,000,
say {(2, 500,000, out of which a minimum of £50,000 in cash would
have to be paid to me, and one thdrd of the fully paid up shares,
it is almost useless to prolong negotiations.
I should, of course, be only too glad to fall into some scheme
whereby the subscribers for the payment to the vendors, and for the
working zapital should receive an adequate recompense for the small
risk which they now run, looking to the fact that the Patents are
established, and the utility of the invention proved beyond any
shadow of doubt; but, at the same time, I cannot see that the
proposition you put before me is one that can receive further
consideration.
Founders shares are not things which are much known by us in
America, and I should prefer to have fully paid up shares in a
Company in France, similar to those which I have received and am
still to receive from the English Company. These details,
however, might be arranged to your satisfaction. Blit, as I have
already said, unless you are prepared to make some such payment in
cash as I have indicated there is really no use wasting your time
and mine in discussing matters further.
[FROM STEPHEN F. MORIARTY? ]
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violently disruptured to a still further Extent. Tewksbury now avows
that he will build phonographs of his own, independent of. Edison, and '
Edison has information that he has people at work on a model.
I am perfectly sure that if I could give Edison orders for
1,D00 Phonographs and follow this up with additional orders such as we
ought to be able to command, he would strike Tewksbury’s name off his
books and refuse to sell him another phonograph, but, as he says, "1
must have orders for Phonographs and an order from Tewksbury reduces
the cost of the 1,00 Qjj> 1 am making for the National Co. and so long as
I am running the works am I not compelled to run them to the best ad¬
vantage, etc."
Hough is here and has been to our office to get permission to
make some arrangement to buy his phonographs of us or of Edison, with
our consent. Morrison did not refer him to me, for some reason, but
Edison has agreed positively that he willunder no circumstances sell.
Hough a single machine andjif we i are prepared to put in orders Tewks¬
bury cannot get a machine with Edison's name on it.
In addition to this Edison has promised to sign a letter,
• <1
which I am drafting for publication in Great Britain and in Europe,
certifying to our exclusive rights in the Edison Phonograph, and which
he agrees we may use to any extent we may see fit for the purpose of
driving out the illicit trade in these machines.
[INCOMPLETE]
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1 1 LLI AM STREET.
Now I know very well that youare disposed to question the
good faith of Edison in all his statements, but I am perfectly certain
that I. can control Edison absolutely in our interest if we do our part.
It is useless for us to keep berating and accusing him and finding
fault with his selling machines to others when we are doing absolutely
nothing ourselves under our contract.
Regarding the situation in Paris, I have read what you have
written to Morrison about the French Patents. If you want from
Edison any machines to build phonographs with in Paris in order to work
the Patents according to the French law [provided this is not too late)
I will get him to do anything you want, but it is' not worth while for M
us to undertake in advance an' expensive litigation in prance.
The course to be pursued is, as I have before written you, to
organize your French Company, saying to them that we will cooperate wit
them to the fullest extent in the defence of the Patents and the ban¬
ishment of infringers if they will take the matter up and prosecute
it vigorously. ^ "
We had better furnish them the phonographs at'- cost and thus
enable them to put them down to the ^iwest, price and so drive our com¬
petitors out of the market, rather than embark in a litigation and wait
for the result of it before .we .commence to sell machines. The thing
which will do more to discourage competitors than anything else will be
to attack them with an active business.
[INCOMPLETE]
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Suppose, for instance, that you organize your French Company
with an order for 1,000 machines, these machines costing us $17.90. We
sell them to them at the same price and they, in turn, sal 1 them at
$30. in Paris, keeping an order in hand here for an additional- 1,000
as fast as they recdive the first shipment. Under this arrangement,
we will rapidly reduce the cost of the Phonographs here and combining
these orders with orders for England and Germany will be able to give
Edison work enough so that he will’ absolutely comfine himself to the
National Companyfor this Country and our Company for Europe, allowing
no goods to be sold through other agencies. » tU
I am sure with the letter I shall' send you by the next ' ^
steamer you can close the business with the French Company and launch
it immediately.
■Regarding the cheapest machine of all, Edison is unwilling
tib build this until he sees some- business in the others. When he
sees orders coming in for the other two sizes he will at once maim the
tools to build the smaller and cheaper maohine, unless, a*B he says, he
can so cheapen the cost of his No. S. as to sell it in competition
with the cheap machine of the flraphophone Co. He tells me that with
orders in hand ’"in quantity he will make special tools with which he can
reduce the cost and build a phonograph much better than the Graphophone
which he will sell at the same or a less price.
[INCOMPLETE]
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XTow X want you to adopt my suggestion and get the French people
at work Immediately along the lines indicated above and tell them we
will stand back of them to the end of the road, but they must take up
the business actively and push it, or we must find other parties to do
it and that without further delay*
Yours truly,
- 'tJ 0x7^^ / •
F.S.
Regarding the ttraphophona business, I shall have something to write
.you a little later.
I send you herewith copy of letter I have drafted for Edison to sig
He may wish to vary it somewhat, but I will get thiB in subatanoe and
this letter with the privilege of publishing it ought to be quite suf¬
ficient for the fench people.
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1898. Phonograph ■ National Phonograph Company (D-98-27)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the business of the
National Phonograph Co. Much of the material pertains to the Maryland
Phonograph Co., sales agent for the National Phonograph Co. Included are
letters concerning difficulties in establishing company operations, relations with
local distributors, and a dispute with agents representing the American
Graphophone Co. Most of the letters are from Charles R. Miller, co-owner of
the Maryland Phonograph Co., to his brother-in-law, Walter S. Mallory,
president of the National Phonograph Co.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following
categories of documents have not been filmed: routine letters regarding orders
for phonographs, records, and other supplies; arrangements with distributors;
unsolicited requests for foreign sales agencies that received no significant
response; and routine financial matters.
[FROM WALTER S. MALLORY?]
3, tenors E. D. J.onne Jr & company. ,
14 k'est Lexington Street*
Baltimore, rcli
Dear sirs:-
Vour favor of nh to national phonograph coinpani r New York
OAiy has b-'an referred to the writer for attention, tJio writer being
President of the national FhonoernpliOorapnny
Recently while in your city I made at’rangemaiats with ilossro
0. vl» end Charlco R. h’illerf Father-in-law and 5rot3ior-in-lnw of the
writer) to represent us in the state of Maryland including Baltimore.
It is t3ie.tr intention to operate under the name of the j’aryland Fnono-
Grnph Company, the writ''?’ expecting to take some of the stock in that
Company and to open a store in your city. however* ns you are already
located in a good position a combination might be desirable. • hays
written nr/ views to the Eesnrn Hillers and ns soon as hoar from thorn
will advise further with you. In the meantime s)iould your lip Bonne
come to Hew York I will be glad to a*ot him either liere at t3in Edison
Laboratory, Orange, K. j. or by appointment in our Hew York store.
Yours yery truly,
Mr. Walter B. Mallory,
Orange, New Jersey,
Dear Walter:- l have never had th6 opportunity to address you
since ray return from Into, but/should we decide to enter in¬
to some arrangements of a\busihess nature, it is likely that
in the future we shall hear ^rom each other more frequently.
Previous to my association with Mr. Eline, he had been in
correspondence with the Phonograph department, and as he has
been absent from the city for son)e\time, the correspondence
has been stopped. Mr ./Miller oalled\n i
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i us last week, and ex¬
plained his present relation to the Mainland company, and seem
favourably inolined/to do business with t\. either as sub¬
agent, or in another way which we may subsequently decide.
Mr. Miller w/s in again this afternoon, and at his sugges
tlon I am writing to you concerning our relatlonsV^ith the
trade and general public in what is generally known as a
"Novelty Electrlo" business.
I feel certain that we could do muoh toward pushing
the new machine, especially as our establishment is so well
known for the sale of such apparatus, and I would be glad to
hear from you concerning some arrangement with the company
recently formed in this city. Hr. Hiller has, I helievo, vrrit-
ten you of his willingness to make such arrangements as you
and we may decide ui.ll he to aur mutual advantage.
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1898. West Orange Laboratory (D-98-28)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents
relating to the operations of the West Orange laboratory. Included are two
items in Edison’s hand concerning orders and prices of chemicals. There is
also material regarding the inspection of the boilers and the movement of the
storage building and hose house.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of the
items not filmed are laboratory storekeeper orders and receipts.
DOCUMENT FILE
UNDATED DOCUMENTS
This folder contains correspondence and other documents that were
probably generated during the period 1887-1898 but for which no specific year
can reasonably be conjectured. Some of these documents may have been
generated as early as 1880, and a few as late as 1899. Included are items that
were removed from the main run of dated folders because the evidence
indicated that they had been incorrectly filed. Other material, recently
processed into the Document File, is filed in this folder in order to avoid an
arbitrary, and perhaps erroneous, attribution of a year. Remaining within the
main run of dated folders are undated documents that were likely generated
within the year of attribution, along with others that present no compelling
evidence of being misfiled. In such cases, the undated items appear at the end
of the folder, following the dated documents. Readers should be aware that
some of this undated material may not be filed under the correct year.
Among the undated documents in this folder are items regarding the
commercial and technical development of the telegraph and the phonograph.
Included are two lengthy manuscripts by Edison, ca. 1888-1892, regarding the
proper operation and maintenance of the phonograph. Galley proofs [not
filmed] of the 74-page manuscript, with annotations by Charles Batchelor, can
be found in the oversize Document File. There are also documents pertaining
to the controversy over alternating current. Other letters relate to Edison’s
personal and business finances. Among the correspondents are Edison
associates Edward H. Johnson, Ezra T. Gilliland, Grosvenor P. Lowrev, and
W. Grill Adams.
A probable range of years has been conjectured for each document, and
the items appear in chronological order according to the first year in the range.
In cases where several ranges begin with the same year, the items are sub¬
organized chronologically according to the second year in the range.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed.
Categories of documents not filmed include routine correspondence about
meetings; routine items relating to supplies, shipping, and inventories; and
other documents of a non-substantive or fragmentary character. Also not
filmed is a multi-page cipher key for electric light system orders.
[CA. 1880-1885]
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Diagram XLIX.
[CA. 1882-1899]
THE BOYNTON PROPERTY
Are You Looking For a Manufacturing Site With Splendid
Deep Water and Railroad Facilities ?
Have you ever heard of the Boynton Property, the best tract of land for manufacturing
purposes within fifty miles of New York? It consists of 200 acres of high, dry land, suitable for
any kind of buildings; It is located at Sewaren, New Jersey, on Staten Island Sound only 18
miles from New York City. It has a deep water frontage of 1800 feet On Staten Island Sound
(New Jersey shore), and of one mile on Woodbridge Creek. Depth of water at pier on Staten
Island Sound in front of property 29 feet (from U. S. Government survey). Depth 'at dock on
Woodbridge Creek at side of factory building 10-12 feet.
Railroad, Freight and Coal Facilities
The main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey runs through the property, giving a
railroad frontage of 2000 feet. Local trains stop at the Boynton Beach station, where a spur
iromthe mam line now serves the property. Sidings can also be obtained from the Pennsylvania
and Lehigh Valley Bailroads, giving the manufacturer the advantage of freight facilities on three
railroads. Water freight lines to New York and adjacent points stop daily, with frequent service.
The big coal terminals of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia and Reading
Bailroads are all within 2 to 3 miles of the property.
Water Supply-
Water is furnished by the Middlesex Water Company; 5 standard hydrants, 2. reservoirs.
Expensive borings have revealed a marvellous underground artesian water supply, practically in¬
exhaustible.
Electric Power and Trolley Facilities
Electric current is furnished by the Public Service Company of New Jersey. Their main
rtrGUey lme passes right through the property, connecting it with a chain] of cities and towns ex-
on one s^° from Boynton Beach to Jersey * City and on the other to Perth Amboy and
M* i^erf ey coast assorts. A Past :Line trolley with half hour service .connects the property with
v^erth Amboy, Elizabeth and Newark and the ,:.big cities en route to New/York. This is found' to**
. be a gi’eat advantage for employees, as the ;two trolley lines with sucli frequent service enables ' '
v\yorkers to live m the small towns near-byl ]
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Stop Off and Let Us Show You the Property
JerseylLlhLe^ Now York> Newark nll(1 famous Now
Address Boynton Real Estate Company, 87 Smith Street, Perth Amboy, N. J.
or telephone 480 Perth Amboy, or your own broker.
The Boynton Property, Sewaren, New Jersey, 18 miles from New York
City. The finest deep-water site for manufacturing
, purposes on the market.
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Copied from the avobe letter-head.
NJ Phono- Co.
Gentlemen:
I return lease and enclose check,- but I am havibg
but indifferent success in using the Phonograph. %ve Vrfcn two
or three cylinders because cut' ing knife will not work well. My
repeated experiments ha.ve not yet shown why the knife works at
some time and not at others. Little details about the machine are
’slopshop" work. The main band has already given out and I want
a new and better one*’. I have- sewed this with tread but it cannot
last long unle-ss it does much better than the originnal wmae
fastening did. So I am far from satisfied with things as they are
and if at the end of this quarter my success is not greater I shall
be inclined to lapse the lease, something, of cours is due to my
ij experience and that of my typrwriter : but the Phono- seems to
bp so full freaks of unexpeced developments or non developments
that one never knows what to look for. Mi- Emerson spoke of the.
possible imperfection of tnese cylinders and I am wondering of
that has jx> do with the uncertanities which surround us.
Yours tiuly,
A.H. Lewis.
'ED/SON GE.NEREL ELECTRIC CO. 07ERS; /NCRNOESCENT LffMPS
[CA. 1890-1892]
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TOY PHONOGRAPH.
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